Chest pain after lung cancer surgery may be a normal manifestation, or it may be a postoperative complication or tumor recurrence.
1. Normal manifestation: postoperative chest pain after lung cancer surgery also includes intercostal neuralgia caused by surgical damage to intercostal nerves, which lasts for a long time and can be treated with nutritive drugs and acupuncture.
2. Postoperative complications: if chest pain is caused by pleural adhesion, pleural effusion, fluid pneumothorax, hemopneumothorax after lung cancer surgery, active treatment can be given to improve clinical manifestations, such as pleural puncture to extract fluid and air to reduce the pressure of lung tissue and improve clinical symptoms.
If chest pain after lung cancer surgery is combined with infection, and blood routine suggests that the total number of leukocytes and neutrophils are increased, it is necessary to give active anti-infection treatment to alleviate the clinical symptoms of chest pain as soon as possible.
3. Tumor recurrence: If chest pain occurs after surgery, patients need to be cautious of tumor recurrence, at this time, according to the condition, they need to choose to have surgery again, radiotherapy, targeted drugs or immune drug therapy to slow down the progress of the disease.
It is suggested that patients should consult the doctor in time, improve the examination to clarify the cause and take active treatment in order to avoid delaying the condition.