Choking on water and food in late stage of lung cancer may be the manifestation of lung cancer invading recurrent laryngeal nerve, esophageal metastasis, brain metastasis, etc., which can be improved by infusion of fluids, placing esophageal stent, adopting nasogastric tube, gastrostomy and other methods.
Choking in the late stage of lung cancer may be the manifestation of lung cancer invading recurrent laryngeal nerve, esophagus, or brain metastasis, etc. It should be actively examined to find out the cause of the disease and timely treat the cause, meanwhile, it can be treated symptomatically by the following methods.
1. Fluid infusion: saline, glucose, vitamins, etc. can be given through intravenous infusion, and extra-gastrointestinal nutritional solution can be given, which is suitable for patients who cannot eat due to serious choking in the late stage of lung cancer.
2. Installing esophageal stent to make the digestive tract smooth and promote normal drinking and eating, which is suitable for patients with esophageal metastasis in advanced stage of lung cancer and choking on food due to tumor obstruction in the esophagus, but with normal digestive system.
3. Taking nasogastric tube to beat fluid diet. It is applicable to patients with serious choking but the esophagus is still smooth, and can solve the problem of diet and nutrition of patients by taking fluid diet through nasogastric tube.
4. Gastrostomy: It is suitable for patients with advanced lung cancer who have serious esophageal and gastric metastases to solve the problem of feeding by means of fistula.
Patients with advanced stage of lung cancer must strictly follow the doctor’s prescription for examination and treatment, and follow the doctor’s prescription for regular follow-up to avoid the development of the disease.