How to take care of lung cancer during radiotherapy? Lung cancer has 6 clinical symptoms

Lung cancer is a malignant tumor with a high incidence and mortality rate. It can occur in both men and women, especially men, where the incidence is higher. It can cause patients to have these six clinical symptoms. Of course, radiotherapy can also be performed, and the same care should be provided after radiotherapy.

There are many reasons why patients have lung cancer, including smoking, occupational and environmental exposure to carcinogens, ionizing radiation, chronic lung infection, genetics, and air pollution. Severe lung cancer can seriously threaten the patient's life and lead to death. So how should lung cancer be cared for after radiotherapy? What are the six clinical symptoms of lung cancer?

There are many measures for post-radiotherapy care for lung cancer. The first is psychological care. Patients should fully understand lung cancer, eliminate bad perceptions about the disease, build up confidence in defeating the disease, actively cooperate with treatment, and strive for early recovery. Dietary care is also required. During radiotherapy, patients should eat more nutritious, high-protein, high-calorie, high-vitamin, and easily digestible foods, and consume less tobacco, alcohol, and spicy foods. Finally, skin care is required. Patients should wear loose and soft cotton fabrics, and the bedding should be clean. They should not take a bath with soap. Any abnormalities should be reported to the doctor in a timely manner.

The first of the six clinical symptoms of lung cancer is a choking sensation when swallowing food. This occurs in the early stages because a small area of ​​the esophageal mucosa in the local area becomes congested, swollen, eroded, has superficial ulcers and small plaque lesions. When food passes through, swallowing discomfort and difficulty in swallowing will occur. If the disease progresses further, a choking sensation will occur.

The second symptom is the sensation of a foreign body in the esophagus. The patient will feel as if the esophagus has been scratched by eating rough food, or that a foreign body has been swallowed by mistake and remains in the esophagus, similar to rice grains or vegetable fragments sticking to the esophagus. The patient cannot swallow it, and there is no pain and it has nothing to do with eating. Even if the patient does not swallow, there will still be a feeling of a foreign body.

The third symptom is that food passes slowly and there is a feeling of stagnation. This is because the esophageal opening becomes smaller, making it difficult to swallow food and there is a feeling of stagnation. These symptoms only occur when eating and disappear after eating.

The fourth symptom is that the patient has a feeling of dryness and tightness in the throat. Generally, it is difficult to swallow food, there is slight pain, and a feeling of dryness and tightness. This feeling of dryness and tightness is more obvious when swallowing dry or rough food, and it is also related to emotional fluctuations.

The fifth symptom is a feeling of stuffiness and discomfort behind the sternum. This feeling is vague, and it is impossible to point out the location of the discomfort, and it is also difficult to explain the specific circumstances of the discomfort.

The sixth symptom is pain behind the sternum. There is a slight pain behind the sternum when swallowing food, and the location of the pain can be felt. The pain can be divided into burning pain, tingling pain, and pulling and friction pain.

This is the care required for radiotherapy of lung cancer, and there are also these six clinical symptoms. Therefore, patients with lung cancer should do these after radiotherapy, so that their health can recover faster. In addition, if healthy people have these uncomfortable symptoms, they should go to the hospital for examination as soon as possible to avoid more serious consequences. During the treatment process, patients must quit smoking, which is very helpful for recovery.