Expert Wen Hongze from Beijing Armed Police No. 2 Hospital explains the signs of late stage lung cancer before death:
1. Patients with advanced stage lung cancer have great chest fluctuations when breathing during the week before death, and their asthma is particularly severe at night. , there is heavy phlegm in the throat.
2. A few minutes before death, he entered a coma. His breathing became irregular and weak. In the end, he would inhale heavily without exhaling. He would lie on his side and a lot of phlegm and liquid would flow out of his mouth.
3. Cancer pain occurs, which is a late-stage symptom of lung cancer that is often dominated by shoulder pain. It mainly comes from the nerve fibers in the neck and controls the sensation and movement of the upper limbs. Once the tumor invades the area, it will often cause pain and fatigue in the upper limbs.
4. Hoarseness usually occurs when speaking. This symptom is just hoarseness and does not cause other symptoms such as upper respiratory tract infection and sore throat. This is because the tumor invades the left On the other side, the recurrent laryngeal nerve, which controls the left pronunciation function, innervates the left side of the pronunciation organ. Once the recurrent laryngeal nerve is compressed.
5. Shortness of breath, chest tightness, the patient always feels that he is not breathing enough and is very tired, resulting in symptoms of shortness of breath. This is mainly caused by the massive spread and metastasis of cancer cells in the advanced stage of lung cancer, which causes pleural effusion. Compress the chest. Patients with advanced lung cancer usually have edema symptoms on their face and neck before death, which brings great pain to the patients.
If a patient is found to have this situation, timely measures should be taken and active treatment should be carried out, so as to prolong the patient's life.