What are the symptoms of advanced lung cancer? If a patient has three symptoms, it means that the lung cancer has reached the advanced stage

There are many patients with advanced lung cancer who particularly want to know their physical condition, but because their families are afraid to tell them, they cannot understand their own symptoms. Experts say that in fact, it is very simple to understand your own condition. You only need to understand the symptoms of each stage of lung cancer. So, do you know what the symptoms of advanced lung cancer are? Late symptoms of lung cancer 1. Edema of the face and neck. There is a superior vena cava on the right side of the mediastinum, which returns venous blood from the upper limbs and head and neck to the heart. If the tumor invades the right side of the mediastinum and compresses the superior vena cava, the jugular vein will initially become swollen due to poor reflux, and eventually it will cause edema of the face and neck, which needs to be diagnosed and treated in time; 2. Hoarseness is the most common symptom. The recurrent laryngeal nerve that controls the left side of the pronunciation function descends from the neck to the chest, bypasses the large blood vessels of the heart and returns upward to the larynx, thereby controlling the left side of the pronunciation organ. 3. Shortness of breath Almost all patients with regionally spread lung cancer have varying degrees of shortness of breath. Normal tissue fluid produced by the lungs and myocardium is returned by 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 effusion or accumulate in the chest cavity to form pleural effusion. Both of the above situations can cause shortness of breath. However, because many smoking patients have varying degrees of chronic lung disease, this brings certain difficulties to the identification of shortness of breath. In addition, because part of the lung tissue loses its respiratory function due to tumors, the entire respiratory function is impaired and respiratory discomfort occurs. This discomfort initially only occurs during exercise, and eventually it can be felt even at rest. Advanced lung cancer often indicates that the patient's life will not be long, but people will die after all, so we should be optimistic and enjoy the last days. The above content introduction is about the relevant explanation of the symptoms of advanced lung cancer. As a patient, have you understood your physical condition?