Where does the harm of small cell lung cancer manifest itself

Where are the hazards of small cell lung cancer? We all know that cancer is a very malignant disease and is particularly difficult to treat. Curing cancer is our hope, but medical technology has not yet reached this requirement. Today, let's take a look at where are the hazards of small cell lung cancer?

The spread and metastasis of small cell lung cancer is one of the most difficult metastatic cancers to treat. The prognosis of small cell lung cancer metastasis is related to the early or late discovery of the metastasis, the size and number of metastatic lesions, whether the isolated lesions are in critical parts, whether there are obvious symptoms and signs, the interval between the onset of the primary lung cancer, and whether there are metastases to other parts. After brain metastasis occurs, the patient's natural survival time is about 1-3 months, and most patients have symptoms of intracranial hypertension and limb and language disorders. Once brain metastasis occurs, the disease progresses rapidly and the prognosis is poor. Therefore, it is very important to raise everyone's awareness of small cell lung cancer.

Hazards of small cell lung cancer: The lung symptoms caused by small cell lung cancer are relatively obvious, such as severe cough, hemoptysis and dull pain in the chest and shoulders; it can cause a change in the nature of cough in people with chronic cough, turning it into an irritating dry cough with blood in the sputum.

Some elderly patients often experience shoulder and arm pain. This is because lung cancer has metastasized to the shoulder and arm, inducing a variety of pains. It can also cause lesions in nerves, spinal cord, bones, fascia ligaments, tendons, muscles, joint bursae, etc., which seriously affect the patient's motor function. Most of them will be accompanied by limb weakness or numbness, unable to lift or hold objects, and some patients can't even take care of themselves. In this case, it is very important to do a good job of removing inflammation. It is necessary to use important anti-inflammatory drugs to treat swelling, congestion or ischemia to relieve pain symptoms.

Patients with small cell lung cancer may also experience repeated pneumonia in a certain lobe or segment of the lung; patients with tuberculosis may not respond to anti-tuberculosis treatment, and X-rays may show that the shadows in the lungs continue to increase, etc., so they need to be alert to the occurrence of small cell lung cancer and need further examination.