What are the dangers of advanced tongue cancer

What are the dangers of late-stage tongue cancer? Many patients with tongue cancer will worry about what harm it will cause, especially those with late-stage tongue cancer who have more severe symptoms. After all, if the best time for treatment is missed in the late stage of tongue cancer, the disease often has metastasized and is more harmful. So what are the dangers of late-stage tongue cancer?

1. Dangers of late-stage lung metastasis of tongue cancer: Lung metastasis is a common site of late-stage metastasis of tongue cancer. Patients often experience cough, blood in sputum, low fever, chest pain, shortness of breath and other hazards. If the tumor invades the right side of the mediastinum and compresses the superior vena cava, the jugular vein will initially become distended due to poor reflux, and eventually it will cause edema of the face and neck, which requires timely treatment. In addition, the hazards of late-stage lung metastasis of tongue cancer also include hoarseness and shortness of breath caused by lymph node metastasis compressing or invading the recurrent laryngeal nerve. With the infiltration of cancer cells, patients will experience severe pain in the later stages, as well as malignant effusion or pleural effusion, which can threaten the patient's life.

2. Harm of bone metastasis in advanced tongue cancer: The harm of advanced tongue cancer patients with bone metastasis is bone pain, such as pain in the limbs, pathological fractures, etc., among which pain is the most typical. As the cancer progresses, the pain of the patient will become more severe and even unbearable. Therefore, the treatment of advanced cancer should pay attention to timely relieving the patient's pain and improving the patient's quality of life.

3. Dangers of liver metastasis in late stage of tongue cancer: Some patients with late stage of tongue cancer also have liver metastasis. The corresponding common hazards include pain in the liver area, the most common of which is intermittent or continuous dull pain or distending pain, which can radiate to the right shoulder or right back; tumors growing to the right back can cause right waist pain. There are digestive tract hazards such as loss of appetite, indigestion, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Fatigue, weight loss, general weakness, and fever.

During the treatment, the patient can also sit for a while after meals or take a slow walk every day to increase the patient's appetite, thereby increasing the patient's body resistance. To improve the long-term efficacy of tongue cancer, early detection, early diagnosis, early treatment, and regular follow-up are necessary. If surgery is possible, it is better to have surgery as soon as possible. The treatment effect of auxiliary Chinese medicine is better, which can improve the success rate of surgery, control the development of the disease, eliminate residual cancer cells after surgery, improve people's immunity, appetite, sleep, and quality of life.