What aspects does anti-infection treatment for lung cancer include? What are the common treatments for lung cancer?

What does anti-infection treatment for lung cancer include?

Anti-infection treatment during lung cancer treatment belongs to the category of supportive treatment. Supportive treatment refers to the treatment of other symptoms or side effects that occur during disease treatment. For example, the above-mentioned anti-infection treatment. Anti-infection treatment for lung cancer patients should include antibacterial treatment, antifungal treatment, and should be combined with expectorant treatment. The details are as follows:

1. Antifungal treatment: Since lung cancer patients are consumed by tumors for a long time, their bodies are relatively weak, which leads to weakened body defenses and immune dysfunction, making them very susceptible to bacterial infections. Furthermore, after admission to the hospital, they need to undergo surgical treatment, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy and other anti-tumor treatments, which will greatly increase the chances of bacterial infection in patients.

Although the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics may be effective in the early stages, long-term use can lead to drug resistance. Therefore, general anti-infection treatments are often not ideal. At this time, allergy tests are generally conducted on patients to select drugs with high sensitivity rates in drug sensitivity tests, and other treatment measures are combined to solve the problem.

2. Antifungal treatment: There are roughly three ways for lung cancer patients to be infected with fungi, namely endogenous infection, exogenous infection and secondary infection. Common pathogens are Candida, Aspergillus and Cryptococcus, which can be transmitted through the respiratory tract, medical contact, etc.

At this time, treatment should take into account the patient's clinical condition and choose sensitive antifungal drugs.

3. Expectorant treatment: The purpose of the first two treatments is to "cure the root cause", that is, to eliminate the source of infection, while expectorant treatment is to "cure the symptoms", eliminating adverse symptoms such as cough and sputum caused by infection.

Expectorant treatment is mostly drug therapy, which can be taken orally or sprayed. At the same time, patients should be reminded to cough up the phlegm in their mouths.

What are the common treatments for lung cancer?

Lung cancer patients must actively cooperate with the treatment of lung cancer, and also choose the treatment method that suits them. These are of great significance to patients. Let us introduce the treatment method of lung cancer in detail.

In general, common treatments for lung cancer include:

1. Radiotherapy: 1) Radiotherapy for small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is often combined with chemotherapy; 2) Radiotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) includes preoperative radiotherapy, postoperative radiotherapy, radical radiotherapy, brachytherapy and interstitial radiotherapy. These are common treatments for lung cancer.

2. Chemotherapy: 1) Chemotherapy is the main method for treating small cell lung cancer, mainly including: single drug chemotherapy, combined chemotherapy and alternating chemotherapy, etc. 2) Chemotherapy is far less effective for non-small cell lung cancer than for small cell lung cancer. The main treatment methods for this type of lung cancer include: single drug and combined therapy, adjuvant chemotherapy in radiotherapy.

3. Surgical treatment: Currently, most treatments for lung cancer advocate maximal removal of lung cancer and maximal preservation of lung function. In recent years, more advocates have been made for lobectomy and combined treatment with surgery and multiple methods. A) Common lung resection methods include: 1) pneumonectomy; 2) lobectomy; 3) sleeve lobectomy; 4) segmentectomy; 5) tumor resection. B) Standardized lobectomy. C) Cryosurgery.