Does small cell lung cancer cause great harm to patients?

Does small cell lung cancer cause great harm to patients? Many people think that cancer is an incurable disease, especially lung cancer, which makes breathing very difficult, and even causes coughing and bleeding in the late stage. So, let's take a look at the harm that small cell lung cancer brings to patients!

Introduction to the six hazards of small cell lung cancer:

1. Cancer can also make patients unable to exclude bacteria, leading to pneumonia and fever. This type of pneumonia is called obstructive pneumonia.

2. Chest pain is one of the more common hazards of lung cancer. Pleural effusion may also occur. Excessive pleural effusion compresses the lungs, making it more difficult for the patient to breathe, and is quite difficult to treat.

3. If the lung tumor occupies a large part of lung cancer, it will seriously threaten the patient's breathing.

4. The occurrence of lung cancer seriously threatens the patient's life.

5. It can cause tracheal obstruction in the patient, the disappearance of normal alveolar sac cavities, and affect the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide. The patient will feel chest tightness and shortness of breath.

6. The nerves in the bronchi are quite sensitive. Cancer can irritate the bronchi, causing the patient to cough. If the condition persists for a long time, the patient may also develop symptoms of coughing up blood.

How to treat it?

1. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy can be used to treat small cell lung cancer, which becomes the main treatment for these patients.

2. In recent years, with the continuous advancement of radiotherapy and chemotherapy techniques, coupled with the emergence of some new molecular targeted drugs and the application of traditional Chinese medicine, the treatment effects of many patients with small cell lung cancer who are unable to undergo surgery have been significantly improved.

3. Pay attention to diet. After surgery for small cell lung cancer, patients should not eat irritating foods, such as peppers, raw onions, garlic, peppercorns, cinnamon, etc., nor hot foods such as hot pot, fried food, and barbecue. Eat more foods rich in vitamins A and C and foods that clear and moisten the lungs, such as grapes, walnut kernels, asparagus, loquats, pears, etc.

4. Appropriate exercise: Strengthening exercise, enhancing the body's disease resistance, and avoiding long-term stimulation of carcinogenic factors can reduce the incidence rate and prevent small cell lung cancer.