What are the symptoms of lung metastasis of colon cancer

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Grandfather's colon cancer is particularly bad. He is getting weaker and weaker. The most important thing is that he has cough recently. Doctors have said before that colon cancer is particularly prone to metastasis, should always pay attention to. Next, I'd like to talk about the symptoms of lung metastasis of colon cancer?

What are the symptoms of lung metastasis of colon cancer

First: the symptoms of lung metastasis of colon cancer are not very obvious. If the lung lesions are extensive, dry cough and blood phlegm may appear. With the severity of the disease, such as concurrent lymphangitis, a large number of pleural effusion, atelectasis or superior vena cava compression, patients may have dyspnea. Or persistent fever.

Second: colon cancer lung metastasis symptoms surface more common also have to be cough, early patients are not easy to find, and with the deterioration of the disease, patients will cough more than, cough bleeding, lung metastasis are mostly late performance of rectal cancer, to a certain period of time, patients with lung will appear chest pain, mass phenomenon. Some are too serious, and patients may also have respiratory failure.

Third: when the metastatic tumor invades the pleura, main bronchus or adjacent structures, the symptoms of lung metastasis from rectal cancer may be the same as those of primary bronchogenic carcinoma, such as cough, bloody sputum, chest pain, chest tightness, shortness of breath, etc. When the symptoms appeared earlier, it suggested that the metastasis involved the bronchus. If accompanied with mediastinal metastasis, the patient may present with hoarseness, superior vena cava syndrome, phrenic paralysis and esophageal or tracheal compression symptoms, occasionally with acute pulmonary embolism caused by tumor and progressive dyspnea.

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After colon cancer metastasis, patients will have some clinical symptoms, when transferred to the lungs, patients will cough, chest tightness, shortness of breath. If the respiratory tract is obstructed, hemoptysis will occur if it is serious, and the vocal cords will also be seriously damaged.