How to provide good postoperative care for lung cancer 5 things to know about postoperative care for lung cancer

Lung cancer is a very common cancer in our lives, and its incidence is increasing. However, many friends do not know how to deal with lung cancer, which can easily seriously affect the recovery of the disease. Let's learn about the care of lung cancer.

1. After lung cancer surgery, patients should be prohibited from smoking to avoid promoting recurrence. If there is a decrease in lung function, patients should be guided to gradually increase their exercise.

2. After the operation, you should always pay attention to the patient's recovery. If there is a recurrence, you should immediately go to the hospital to consult a doctor to decide whether to undergo radiotherapy or chemotherapy.

3. Squamous cell carcinoma of the lung is prone to invade local areas and cause recurrence in the chest cavity after surgery.

4. Lung adenocarcinoma or undifferentiated cancer is prone to distant metastasis, such as metastasis to lymph nodes, bones, liver, brain and contralateral lung.

5. Always pay attention to whether the patient has fever, severe cough, blood in sputum, shortness of breath, chest pain, headache, vision changes, liver pain, bone pain, supraclavicular lymphadenopathy, hepatomegaly, etc. If the above symptoms are found, go to the hospital for treatment in time. At the same time, the patient should go to the hospital regularly for chest X-ray examination and keep fresh sputum to check for cancer cells.