Lung cancer is one of the more serious malignant tumors among lung diseases. Most lung cancers originate from the bronchial mucosa epithelium, and the etiology of lung cancer is still not completely clear, and long-term heavy smoking is an important causative factor of lung cancer. The incidence of lung cancer in urban residents is higher than that in rural areas, which may be related to atmospheric pollution and the presence of carcinogenic substances in cigarette smoke. Let’s learn more about the common symptoms and care methods of this disease.
1.Chest pain
(1) Tumor invades the tissues where it occurs with irregular chest tightness, pressure or dull pain.
(2) Bronchial obstruction occurs with pulmonary atelectasis, causing wall pleural traction and causing chest pain.
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(1) Chest tightness and shortness of breath: when the tumor is in the lobe bronchus, or the main bronchial opening.
(2) Severe shortness of breath: when a large amount of pleural effusion, pericardial effusion.
3. Fever
(1) Inflammatory fever: due to bronchial obstruction or official cavity compression.
(2) Secondary infection.
(3) Cancer fever: caused by the poor efficacy of antibiotic treatment.
4.Cough
(1) When the tumor invades the bronchial wall and is called infiltrative growth: it shows paroxysmal irritating choking cough with no sputum or only a small amount of white foamy mucus.
(2) When the tumor is located near the bronchus or rongeur: violent choking cough.
(3) The tumor is located on the mucosa of small bronchi: often no cough or cough is not obvious.
(4) The tumor completely obstructs the bronchial lumen: the cough can be reduced or disappeared.
5.Hemoptysis
It is intermittent and repeated small amount of bloody sputum, often with more blood than sputum, bright red color, and occasionally large hemoptysis, the duration of which varies.
Dietary care of lung cancer
The diet should be light and nutritious, avoiding fried, hot, fatty, sweet, thick, cold, wet, cold and spicy stimulating products; taking vegetables rich in vitamin A and C, such as carrot, spinach, pumpkin, fresh pepper, etc. regularly.
1, postoperative patients: diet should be mainly for nourishing qi and blood, such as: almond dew, lotus root, fresh cabbage, winter melon seeds, white radish, etc.
2, lung yin is greatly injured during radiotherapy, diet should nourish yin and nourish blood, such as: fresh vegetables, fresh fruits, pipa fruit, walnuts, wolfberry fruit, etc.
3, chemotherapy when the qi and blood are injured, the diet should be mainly nourishing qi and blood, such as: fresh carp, white fungus, mushrooms, bird’s nest, ginkgo, etc.
4. At the same time, the following dietary therapy can be used.
① lung heat and phlegm stasis: can use almond and Chuanbei old duck soup (ingredients: old duck, north almond, party ginseng, rehmannia, Chuanbei mother); snow pear and fishy grass drink (ingredients: snow pear, fishy grass).
② Spleen deficiency and phlegm-dampness: Lily belly and lung soup (ingredients: pig lung, pork belly, ham, lily) can be used.
③ Yin deficiency and phlegm-heat: Pork and lung soup (ingredients: pig lung, Sichuan mushroom, snow pear); lily and pipa soup (ingredients: lily, pipa, fresh root).
④ Qi and Yin deficiency: can use bird’s nest and silver ear porridge (ingredients: lean pork, rice, silver ear, bird’s nest); Cordyceps duck (ingredients: duck, cordyceps).
It is believed that through the above introduction, we have a deeper understanding of lung cancer disease. We must prevent it early in life, do not delay the treatment of the disease, seek medical treatment in time when we feel unwell, and pay attention to the examination so as not to delay the best treatment time because of delay.