Several of lung cancer care measures

Is the most common primary malignant tumors of the lungs, the elderly aged 60 or above the high incidence of lung cancer is age, the elderly senior citizens suffering from cancer, its high degree of differentiation, proliferation slow, a higher survival rate of surgical resection , in the pathological type of lung cancer in elderly men susceptible to phosphorus cancer, elderly women susceptible to cancer.

[Clinical]
The symptoms of lung cancer and tumor location, size, type, stage of development, and have closely related complications or transfer.
1. Arising from the original cancer symptoms
Cough, hemoptysis, and more sustained blood or sputum for intermittent blood. Bronchial obstruction caused by tumor stenosis, a chest tightness, shortness of breath, wheezing and other symptoms, in obstructive pneumonia or atelectasis, or tumor necrosis can cause fever. Emaciated and evil are common in heterogeneous cancer advanced.
2. Local tumor expansion caused symptoms
Chest pain, dysphagia, hoarseness, and the superior vena cava, and other symptoms of resistance. Cancer metastasis is a corresponding organ symptoms.
3. Performance outside the lungs
To bone, joint disease and endocrine disorders arising from the syndrome more common, visible clubbed fingers, hypertrophic osteoarthritis and Cushing's syndrome.

[Auxiliary]
Chest X-ray examination found that lung cancer is an important method of cancer cells sputum examination, examination of lung cancer is the most simple and effective method for early diagnosis, and provides cell types. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy and biopsy in the diagnosis of decisive significance.

[Principle of]
In a variety of treatment options, surgical treatment to the best effect. According cancer anatomical location, type, and whether the transfer status of the body Comprehensive surgical treatment option, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, interventional therapy, Chinese herbal medicine treatment measures.

[Nursing]
1. Understanding of the elderly diet, sleep and psychological state, it is necessary psychological care, the sick elderly in a good state of mind and body condition, so improve the treatment outcome.
2. Prevention and control of infection.
3. Attention to the observation of changes of the disease, hemoptysis more of the elderly should be prepared rescue goods to prevent suffocation.
4. Elderly advanced lung cancer can be appropriately used analgesics and improve the quality of life of the elderly.

[Preventive care]
1. Lung cancer patients once typical symptoms, is already a considerable number of advanced lung cancer. Therefore, the high-risk population on a regular basis for X-ray inspection and screening, early detection of lung cancer, early treatment is of great significance.
2. Advocate smoking, and avoid inhaling carcinogenic factors reduce the air and dust, improve working and living conditions.
3. Lung cancer prevention, health education, the increase of lung cancer aged vigilance for early detection and early treatment.