Terminal symptoms of lung cancer
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My friend is only 50 years old, some time ago the body has been bad, often severe cough, feel chest tightness, shortness of breath, but also severe cough, often go to the hospital, later found that lung cancer, took a lot of drugs, has been a little better, then, the symptoms of lung cancer before dying? You know what? Today, let me share with you the pre deathbed symptoms of lung cancer.
Terminal symptoms of lung cancer
* 1: respiratory tract complications may occur after lung cancer surgery, such as retention of sputum, atelectasis, pneumonia and respiratory insufficiency. Especially the elderly, the weak, the chronic bronchitis and emphysema have a higher incidence rate. Because of postoperative wound pain, patients can not do effective cough, sputum retention caused by airway obstruction, atelectasis, respiratory insufficiency.
Second: chest, empyema and bronchopleural flaccidity after operation: hemothorax after operation is a serious complication, which needs emergency treatment, and if necessary, it should be timely re thoracotomy to stop bleeding. During lung surgery, bronchogenic or intrapulmonary secretions contaminate the chest and cause empyema.
Third: cardiovascular complications after lung cancer surgery are also very common, such as old and weak, mediastinal and hilar traction stimulation, hypokalemia, hypoxia and massive hemorrhage. The common cardiovascular complications include postoperative hypotension, arrhythmia, pericardial tamponade, heart failure and so on. For the elderly patients who have heart disease before operation and whose heart function is low, the operation should be strictly controlled.
matters needing attention
Warm tips: give more spiritual comfort to patients, eliminate their fear of death, encourage and train their spouses and relatives, give patients caress, hugs, soft words, more homely, express their love and nostalgia for patients, meet their psychological desire for family, forget the fear of death, so as to obtain spiritual happiness.