The woman had a dry cough for 1 month, went to Bach Mai Hospital to check and was shocked to find out that she had lung cancer
Recently, the Center for Nuclear Medicine & Oncology, Bach Mai Hospital received a case of a patient suffering from lung cancer despite coming to the clinic with familiar symptoms such as shortness of breath and chest tightness.
Specifically, 1 month before coming to the hospital, Ms. NTT (56 years old, Bac Kan) had a dry cough with chest pain, pain in the cervical spine and difficulty breathing.
Symptoms are increasing day by day. The patient went to the provincial hospital for examination, a chest computed tomography scan detected pleural effusion, so pleural effusion was performed and medical treatment was performed. However, the symptoms of shortness of breath and left chest pain gradually increased, so the patient was transferred to Bach Mai Hospital for further treatment.
Notably, her health before that was still normal, blood count tests, liver and kidney function, electrolytes were all within normal limits. The chest computed tomography scan showed a tumor in the apex of the left lung. Simultaneously, the left pleural effusion was 54mm thick at most places, accompanied by a secondary lesion in the right lung.
Lung cancer, although entering stage 4, is still painless, making it difficult for patients to detect
The doctor also discovered solid bone nodules at C 6-7, suggesting secondary damage and many secondary lesions in the liver. The patient was diagnosed with left lung cancer with right lung metastasis, bone-liver metastasis, the disease was in stage 4.
Fortunately, after 5 months of treatment, Mrs. T. sometimes appeared with cough, sore throat, no shortness of breath, no chest pain, no pain in the cervical spine, gained 3kg. Doctors hope she will continue to have a long time to stabilize the disease.
The 5 most common symptoms in lung cancer
In Vietnam, lung cancer ranks second after liver cancer with about 26,000 new cases and 23,000 deaths each year. Up to 75% of lung cancer patients in our country are detected at an advanced stage. Early symptoms vary from person to person, depending on the location and size of the tumor.
Cough a lot
Common symptoms are cough, accounting for about 70% of cases, shortness of breath, hemoptysis, recurrent pneumonia, chest pain. May be accompanied by hoarseness, due to direct tumor invasion or mediastinal lymph node metastasis and vocal cord paralysis.
Pain in hands, shoulders and fingers
When the tumor is at the apex of the lung, invasion of the chest wall and brachial network causes arm and shoulder pain with paresthesia. This group of symptoms is called Pancoast syndrome. When the cancer in the apex of the lung has spread and invaded the sympathetic nervous system, Horner’s syndrome appears with symptoms of drooping of the eyelids on the same side of the lesion (droopy eyelids), constricted pupils, sunken eyes (eyes retracted inwards). orbit) and no perspiration on the side of the face on the same side of the lesion.
Cough is a typical symptom of lung cancer
Weight loss
In any case, rapid weight loss with no apparent cause, unrelated to your calorie restriction or exercise… is most likely caused by illness, including cancer. In addition, if you feel that you do not have an appetite, it is easier to conclude that the cause may be due to a tumor inside your body, not except a tumor in the lung, leading to lung cancer later. This tumor will be the sudden increase in metabolism in your body and cause the above condition.
Frequent infections
Lung cancer can cause infections that affect the airways and lead to illnesses like bronchitis or other chronic infections. If you have a chronic lung infection, you should take the time to get a chest X-ray to see if you are at risk for lung cancer.
Abnormalities in breast tissues
This sign is more common in men. It is an abnormally enlarged breast area caused by abnormally stimulated hormone secretion by cancer cells. However, women should not ignore this, because it is most likely caused by lung cancer cells or cancer in other parts.
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