How to stop coughing in lung cancer patients?

  Patient : 2008-3-25 Initially spitting white foamy sputum then spitting yellow sticky sputum, then blood in sputum, shortness of breath …… Laboratory tests, 2008-3-30 X-ray film after CT imaging diagnosis of lung cancer in the middle stage, central type, 5.0cm mass in the lower right lung, tracheal compression flat; 2008-4-6 after 35 days with moderate radiation therapy, the right lung shows a slight blurring of the cords, tracheal flattening, mediastinum centered, lymph node thickening; May 20 several lung infection, often chills high fever of about 38 degrees, now 3 days without fever, but coughing, What is the best way to stop coughing and wheezing? How to treat the residual cancer cells?  Wang Ji: 1. Usually, fiberoptic bronchoscopy or sputum examination of exfoliated cells is recommended in this case to further clarify the pathological diagnosis; 2. If the pathological diagnosis cannot be further clarified, it is recommended to use Chinese medicine for anti-tumor, anti-inflammatory, symptomatic sputum chemotherapy and support; 3. The cause is lung tumor. If the tumor is not controlled, the coughing and wheezing symptoms will not improve significantly, and can only be treated symptomatically.  5.Before going to bed, you can take strong cough suppressants such as codeine orally.  If you are not satisfied with the above reply, please contact us again.  Patient: Hello Dr. Wang I am yunduo thank you for your timely reply, cough alleviated by treatment, now my father often noon fever 38-39 degrees, with the drug levofloxacin 3-4 days, meropenem 5-6 days after the fever again, the last two days fever I use fresh ginger soup sweat to reduce fever, do not know how to do? I’m asking for your help, you mentioned in your article that naproxen can reduce fever, I don’t know if it’s okay?  Wang Ji: Of course it can.  The most common cause of fever in lung cancer is obstructive pneumonia fever, radiological pneumonia fever and cancer fever, so the treatment is anti-inflammatory, corticosteroid and anti-cancer.