So, what's wrong with lung cancer? What are the symptoms?
First, lung cancer, is it caused by smoking?
Many people think that lung cancer is caused by smoking. If you don't smoke, you won't get lung cancer.
Some people even think that only men can get lung cancer. In fact, this is a wrong or inappropriate understanding. Lung cancer has a lot to do with smoking, but it does not mean that smokers will definitely get lung cancer, and it does not mean that non-smokers will not get lung cancer.
According to statistics, about 85% of lung cancer patients, smoking is the main cause of lung cancer.
About 10% of smokers, whether they smoke before or now, will eventually develop lung cancer. Quitting smoking can reduce the risk of lung cancer, but the risk of lung cancer for former smokers is still higher than that for those who have never smoked.
About 15% of lung cancer patients have never smoked. The cause of lung cancer in these people is unknown. Recent studies have found that the gene mutation of epidermal growth factor receptor occurs in lung cancer patients who have never smoked.
Although the pathogenic theory of environmental factors has not been fully established, some studies have found that there is a certain relationship.
Second, what are the symptoms of lung cancer?
Objectively speaking, the early symptoms of cancer including lung cancer are not obvious.
Cancer usually has certain or obvious symptoms in the middle and late stages, which also brings great difficulties to the early detection and treatment of cancer. We can't detect lung cancer early through some early symptoms and manifestations.
The symptoms of lung cancer depend on its type, location and route of transmission.
One of the most common symptoms is persistent cough, or the cough characteristics of patients with chronic cough have changed. Some patients have hemoptysis or blood in sputum.
Other nonspecific symptoms of lung cancer include loss of appetite, weight loss, chest pain and fatigue.
Third, is lung cancer manifested as dry mouth?
Lung cancer will have dry mouth, but not every patient has it.
Because cancer cells grow in large numbers and absorb a lot of water, they can show dry mouth.
In the early stage of lung cancer, because there are no sensory nerves in the alveoli, the symptoms are usually not obvious and difficult to find.
As for dry mouth, many kinds of cancer will have similar symptoms. Because in the middle and late stages of cancer, cancer cells proliferate in large quantities and need a lot of nutrition and water. Cancer cells compete with normal cells for nutrition, which will lead to weight loss.
As for the symptoms of lung cancer, the common symptoms in the early stage are chronic cough, expectoration, bloody sputum and low fever, as well as chest tightness, chest pain and pulmonary asthma.
Chinese medicine believes that cancer often leads to deficiency of both qi and yin, leading to dry mouth. Family members can use American ginseng buccal tablets to relieve this symptom.
If the family members suspect lung cancer, they must go to the hospital for testing in time and make necessary treatment after diagnosis. If it is only a symptom of dry mouth, it should be considered yin deficiency and can be treated with drugs that nourish yin.
Yes, many lung cancer patients will report that they have shoulder pain, chest pain, dry mouth and other symptoms in their daily lives, and even cough and bleed, and they are losing weight no matter how much they eat.
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Patients with lung cancer will have different symptoms at different stages. Generally, patients will have a cough in the early stage, usually manifested as a dry cough with no or little phlegm. However, some patients with lung cancer may have symptoms such as coughing with blood, dyspnea or hoarseness in the early stage, but generally dry mouth will not appear in the early stage of lung cancer, mainly in the later stage of serious illness, usually in the middle and late stage of lung cancer.
But the patient's dry mouth does not necessarily mean that it is caused by cancer, but it may also be other reasons. It's just that the probability of advanced lung cancer is relatively high. Check it out and see what the doctor says. If it is really dry mouth caused by lung cancer in the middle and late stage, take appropriate treatment in time to help patients relieve symptoms.
Cough is the most common symptom in patients with lung cancer, and cough is the first symptom in 35% to 75% of patients. Cough caused by lung cancer may be related to intrathoracic complications such as changes in bronchial mucus secretion, obstructive pneumonia, pleural invasion and atelectasis. It is also possible that when the tumor grows on the bronchial mucosa with a large diameter and is sensitive to external stimuli, the stimulation similar to foreign body will also cause cough. This kind of cough is paroxysmal irritating dry cough. This kind of cough can be avoided by cleaning the air environment and keeping the living environment ventilated, because small substances in the air are easy to cause irritating dry cough for patients. Moreover, this kind of dry cough is not easy to control under the condition of taking ordinary cough medicine, and it will be relieved after a while. When the tumor grows in the small bronchial mucosa below the segment, the cough will not be obvious, or even the symptoms of cough will not appear.
Patients with lung cancer have symptoms of dry mouth, usually in the middle and late stages of lung cancer. The main reason is dry mouth caused by lung tumor cells spreading to throat. Patients with this symptom should be treated in time. For patients with advanced lung cancer, conservative treatment is generally adopted in time to help patients alleviate their pain. Both western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine have their own advantages. Western medicine takes effect quickly, but it has great side effects. Chinese medicine treatment is slow, but pure Chinese medicine treatment will not produce any toxic side effects. Moreover, acupoint implantation in traditional Chinese medicine can also achieve the effect of treating the symptoms in an emergency and treating the root cause in a slow time, which can effectively help patients reduce tumor diseases and improve their general immunity, and finally realize the peaceful coexistence between people and tumors, prolong the survival time of patients and improve their quality of life.
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The most common manifestations of lung cancer are cough, expectoration, blood in sputum, chest tightness and dyspnea. However, few patients are thirsty before they find out that it is lung cancer, and it may also be caused by other reasons. Patients with dry mouth should be specifically analyzed for what causes it. Dry mouth is not a typical manifestation of lung cancer. If the patient has been diagnosed with lung cancer, he may feel thirsty and should communicate with the doctor in time. Didn't the patient have a good rest? Is it caused by chemotherapy?
Lung cancer may cause cough, bloody sputum, dyspnea and chest pain. If dry mouth may also be related to lung cancer, it is not clear whether there are other symptoms, so it is better to see a doctor as soon as possible.
The main symptom of lung cancer The cause of lung cancer is complicated, so the symptoms may be different depending on the disease type and the patient's own physique. It is generally difficult to find in the early stage. Many people are diagnosed with advanced lung cancer, so it is very important to know the related symptoms.
cough
It belongs to the early symptoms of lung cancer, because the tumor grows in the bronchial mucosa, which is easy to cause pathological changes and paroxysmal cough, especially for people with bronchial diseases or frequent smokers.
chest pain
Cancer cells may invade pleura, chest wall or related nerves, which may easily cause shoulder pain or chest pain. If the condition continues to deteriorate, the situation will become more and more obvious;
themogenesis
Lung tumor lesions are easy to cause pneumonia or fever, which is rare in the early stage, usually after the disease worsens;
with blood in the sputum
This is also one of the very common situations in the early stage. Cough can easily lead to blood vessel destruction and bleeding, which will be discharged with sputum, which is also the reason why sputum is bloody;
ear-piercing
When the tumor grows up, it will compress the vocal cords and recurrent laryngeal nerve, which will easily lead to hoarseness.
Therefore, if the body is abnormal, we must pay attention to it, go to the hospital for examination, prevent accidents, accelerate the development of the disease, and strive to achieve early detection and early treatment.
My family are all patients with lung cancer. Initial patients will not be dry without lung infection. With the aggravation of the disease, especially in the later stage, there will be lung infection or dyspnea, and then it will probably dry up.
Many people in life will ignore their health, because they are busy with work, taking care of their families and so on, so that they often ignore themselves. Even if it is a minor problem, I feel nothing when it is dragged into a serious illness; This is what happens to lung cancer.
Can lung cancer cause dry mouth? Let's analyze it. Generally speaking, dry mouth will have this symptom:
Cancer patients often feel dry in the mouth, but they still feel thirsty after drinking water.
If you carefully observe the patient's mouth, you will find that the patient's tongue is relatively red, which is very abnormal.
For the symptoms of dry mouth, we should pay attention to it and seek medical advice in time.
What diseases can dry mouth cause? For example, oral diseases, non-acute lung diseases, or the lack of certain essential elements in the body. Don't worry too much. Dry mouth is not necessarily cancer.
Of course, for patients who have been ill for a long time and are seriously ill, they still have to go to the hospital for examination, otherwise they may get some fatal diseases.
How to prevent dry mouth in daily life? First of all, we must actively understand the cause, in order to better prevent this disease.
Dry mouth is usually caused by less saliva in the mouth. So drink more water and take some small remedies to prevent it, which is good for your health.
Secondly, we should pay attention to the hygiene of diet, have good eating habits, know what to eat and what not to eat, and know that bad eating habits will lead to more diseases;
Finally, dry mouth must attract attention and attention. People suffering from dry mouth for a long time should go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time, and don't let it go, which is likely to lead to more serious diseases.
If we have to talk about the relationship between lung cancer and dry mouth, we can only say that it is not necessarily lung cancer. There are many factors leading to dry mouth, but these conditions may also appear in the early stage of lung cancer;
So there is no necessary connection between the two, depending on the specific situation and whether there are other symptoms.
If a lung cancer patient, especially some patients in the middle and late stage, has complications, such as obstructive pneumonia caused by tumor compressing the airway, or lung cancer complicated with chronic airway inflammation, secondary respiratory infection, advanced tumor, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, etc. When these conditions are weak, such patients may have some symptoms of dry mouth.
If thirsty people are particularly worried about whether they have lung cancer, they just need to go to the hospital for an X-ray examination.
If there is a tumor, patients with dry mouth should be encouraged to drink more water, and if there is some inflammation, some related tests should be done.
Some inflammations can be treated with anti-inflammation, and some traditional Chinese medicines can be assisted if they are combined with other symptoms of excessive internal heat. Clearing lung and resolving phlegm can relieve dry mouth.
Diseases predicted by dry mouth
The diseases predicted by dry mouth mainly include oral diseases, diabetes, hyperthyroidism, diabetes insipidus and Sjogren's syndrome. Oral diseases and Sjogren's syndrome are dry mouth caused by insufficient saliva secretion in the mouth.
Diabetes patients will urinate more because of the increase of blood sugar. The principle is similar to diabetes insipidus, which is caused by a large amount of water discharged from the body and dry mouth.
Drinking water is a good solution to dry mouth. At the same time, we should also ensure the quality of sleep. Early to bed and early to rise, poor sleep can easily lead to excessive internal heat. One of the symptoms of excessive internal heat is dry mouth.
When it comes to anger, it's about emotion. Everyone will have princess disease and prince disease to some extent. We should learn to control our emotions. A stable mood can keep the balance of body functions. If you don't get angry, you won't be thirsty.
Pay attention to diet and improve oral environment
People always say that illness comes from the mouth. We should clean and import everything we eat, try to avoid indigestible food and take more vitamin B2. Lack of vitamin B2 can lead to oral diseases.
Besides sleeping at night and getting up in the morning, we can also increase the chances of brushing our teeth once or twice after meals, clean up the bacteria in tartar, improve the oral environment and improve the dry mouth caused by oral cavity.
The symptoms of dry mouth are generally valued by Chinese medicine. For example, Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine recently analyzed the distribution frequency of TCM syndromes in 7435 cases of non-small cell lung cancer. He listed the main symptoms at the time of admission as follows:
(1) The main symptoms of lung cancer: cough, hemoptysis, progressive emaciation, mental fatigue, anorexia and so on.
(2) Contents collected by the Fourth Clinic of Traditional Chinese Medicine: spirit, emotion, cold and heat, sweat, head, face, chest, abdomen, limbs, cough and asthma, taste, diet, sleep, defecation, tongue pulse, etc.
Finally, through data mining research on 7435 cases of non-small cell lung cancer, it is found that the common TCM syndromes of non-small cell lung cancer are cough, rapid pulse, fatigue, poor sleep, chest pain, anorexia, chest tightness, yellow fur, red tongue, shortness of breath, dark tongue and blood in sputum, among which cough (728 1 time) and rapid pulse (5660). Yellow fur (3428 times), red tongue (3377 times), shortness of breath (2533 times), dark tongue (24 19 times) and blood in sputum (1834 times) are all common syndromes.
Five syndrome groups of common qi deficiency syndrome in non-small cell lung cancer (1): cough, shortness of breath, mental fatigue, frequent urination at night, sallow complexion, nausea, anorexia, pale tongue, weak pulse and heavy pulse;
(2) Yin deficiency syndrome: dry cough, scanty phlegm, dry mouth, emaciation, red cheekbones, dry stool, red tongue, little yellow fur and rapid pulse;
(3) Blood stasis syndrome: chest pain, backache, tingling, purple tongue, dark tongue and unsmooth pulse;
(4) Heat (toxin) syndrome: cough, yellow phlegm, thick phlegm, bitter taste, dry mouth, dry stool, red tongue, yellow fur and rapid pulse; (5) Phlegm-dampness syndrome: cough, excessive phlegm, thick phlegm, chest tightness, chest pain, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, anorexia, loose stool, red tongue, white fur, thick, greasy and slippery pulse.
Conclusion: Dry mouth mainly appears in lung cancer patients with yin deficiency and heat toxicity.
Attachment 1, Detailed explanation of symptoms of patients with yin deficiency Attachment 2: Detailed explanation of symptoms of patients with heat syndrome.
[1] He Zuomei, Ceng Pu Hua, Xu Yun, Xia, Huang Huiyong. Distribution frequency and correlation analysis of TCM syndromes in 7435 cases of non-small cell lung cancer [J]. chinese medicine guides, 2019,25 (16);