What are the symptoms of advanced lung cancer? Five clinical symptoms of advanced lung cancer

Death, what a terrible word. Some people say: You will be dead for a long time, so live well. Although it is a joke, everyone has their own opinions. There are a thousand Lin Daiyu for a thousand readers. For people with advanced lung cancer, it may increase their desire for life. But how do they know that they have entered the advanced stage? What are the symptoms of advanced lung cancer?

1. Hoarseness. This is the most common symptom of patients with advanced lung cancer. The recurrent laryngeal nerve that controls the left side of the vocal function goes down from the neck to the chest, bypasses the large blood vessels of the heart and goes back up to the larynx, thus controlling the left side of the vocal organ. Therefore, if the tumor invades the left side of the mediastinum and compresses the recurrent laryngeal nerve, hoarseness will occur, but there will be no sore throat or other symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection.

2. Lung cancer patients may experience unexplained headaches, vomiting, visual impairment, and personality and temper changes, which may be caused by intracranial hypertension or cranial nerve damage caused by lung cancer metastasis to the brain. This is common in small cell lung cancer and adenocarcinoma.

3. Edema of the face and neck. On the right side of the mediastinum is the superior vena cava, which transports venous blood from the upper limbs and head and neck back to the heart. If the tumor invades the right side of the mediastinum and compresses the superior vena cava, it will initially cause the jugular vein to become swollen due to poor blood return, and eventually lead to edema of the face and neck, which needs to be diagnosed and treated in a timely manner.

4. Shortness of breath and pleural effusion. Almost all patients with advanced lung cancer that has spread regionally have shortness of breath to varying degrees. Normal tissue fluid produced by the lungs and myocardium flows back through the lymph nodes in the middle of the chest. If these lymph nodes are blocked by tumors, these tissue fluids will accumulate in the pericardium to form pericardial effusions or accumulate in the chest cavity to form pleural effusions. Both of the above situations can cause shortness of breath.

5. In addition to the above-mentioned common metastatic sites, lung cancer also has less common metastatic sites such as skin, subcutaneous tissue, muscle, abdominal cavity, heart, etc. Symptoms are often related to the metastatic site. For example, if it metastasizes to the heart, symptoms such as chest tightness, palpitations, and even shortness of breath, syncope, and heart rhythm disorders may occur.

Life is precious. Perhaps when we are healthy, we don't care about these empty words at all, because we have not experienced the joy of rebirth after a catastrophe, and the joy of coming back after a trip to the gates of hell. However, we don't have to use our own experience for everything. "Those who plant trees will enjoy the shade." Sometimes, borrowing other people's experience can also have a good effect. After reading the advanced symptoms of lung cancer, I hope everyone can take good care of their bodies.