Symptoms of brain metastasis of small cell lung cancer before death? These seven aspects need attention

After small cell lung cancer metastasizes, patients and their families are more worried about the disease worsening and death, so the most frequently consulted question is "What symptoms will small cell lung cancer patients with advanced brain metastasis experience before death?" Experts believe that the symptoms of lung cancer patients at the last moment of death are not a single phenomenon, but are determined by the overall complete failure of all systems of the human body. So, what symptoms will lung cancer patients with advanced brain metastasis experience before death? Please give us a brief introduction.

Symptoms of brain metastasis from small cell lung cancer

1. Chest pain: It is intermittent dull pain or dull pain. When lung cancer develops to the late stage, the tumor invades the pleura and causes the pain to intensify. The dying symptoms of lung cancer brain metastasis and peripheral lung cancer may include chest pain, shoulder and back pain, upper limb pain and intercostal neuralgia, etc., which generally make the patient suffer from unbearable pain. At present, some painkillers can be taken clinically to relieve pain symptoms and improve the quality of life of patients with advanced lung cancer.

2. Hoarseness: It is a common symptom in the late stage of lung cancer. It is caused by the continued enlargement of the tumor, which invades the left side of the mediastinum and compresses the recurrent laryngeal nerve, causing the patient to have hoarseness. The patient generally has no upper respiratory tract symptoms or sore throat reactions.

3. Shortness of breath: Tumors blocking the lung lymph nodes or larger bronchi can cause pleural effusion or shortness of breath, causing the patient to experience chest tightness, shortness of breath or suffocation, which is life-threatening.

4. Compression of the lumen and fever: Tumor invasion causes bronchial obstruction and tumor cavitation, which can cause inflammatory fever symptoms.

5. Hemoptysis: When lung cancer develops to the late stage, intermittent and repeated small amounts of blood in sputum may occur. The color is generally brighter, and there may occasionally be symptoms of severe hemoptysis.

6. Limited lung cancer pain is one of the common symptoms of lung cancer brain metastasis before death in the late stage of lung cancer. This cancer pain mainly comes from the neck and the nerve fibers that control the sensation and movement of the upper limbs. Once the tumor invades the area, it often causes pain and fatigue in the lateral upper limbs. This is a common symptom of lung cancer before death in the late stage, which is often dominated by shoulder pain. This pain often requires analgesics to be relieved.

7. Edema of the face and neck is also a symptom of brain metastasis of lung cancer in the late stage before death.

In addition, since tumors in the lungs are very likely to damage respiratory function, you will initially feel shortness of breath during exercise due to impaired respiratory function, and eventually this feeling will affect your rest at night.

Patients with mid- to late-stage lung cancer often find it difficult to endure the pain of the late-stage symptoms of lung cancer, and their own resistance is significantly reduced, making it difficult to achieve very good results in treatment. At this time, the patient's condition will further deteriorate and they will develop symptoms of late-stage lung cancer and death.

Experts remind that a warm living atmosphere and the meticulous care of family members can help patients build confidence in fighting cancer optimistically, thereby consolidating the treatment effect and reducing the recurrence and metastasis of cancer. Family members of patients should create a warm and comfortable treatment environment for patients and strive for early recovery.