What is the differential diagnosis method for lung cancer? Experts teach you how to correctly diagnose lung cancer

I don't know when the number of people suffering from lung cancer has increased. This is closely related to air pollution and secondhand smoke. If you don't receive surgery in time after getting lung cancer, it may threaten your life. Therefore, it is better for us to learn to detect lung cancer in its early stages, which requires us to have a deep understanding of the differential diagnosis methods of lung cancer.

Diseases similar to lung symptoms are mainly pneumonia and tuberculosis. Among lung diseases, tuberculosis, pneumonia, and lung tumors are the most common. We often hear the names of these three diseases in the patients we come into contact with on a daily basis. However, among the hundreds of lung diseases, it is strictly difficult to distinguish between tuberculosis, pneumonia, and lung tumors. To finally determine which disease it is, relevant examinations must be conducted to confirm it.

For example, the distinction between tuberculosis and pneumonia ultimately requires the examination of pathogens, namely bacteriological examinations. Lung tumors are also divided into benign and malignant. For malignant tumors, cancer cells must be found, and sometimes they must be distinguished from benign tumors through biopsy or pathological examination after surgery. Moreover, each type of disease has its own particularities.

Experts point out that the examination of tuberculosis in sputum, the culture of common pathogenic bacteria, and the examination of exfoliated cells in sputum (i.e. the examination of cancer cells in sputum) can help us find the pathogen directly. On chest X-rays, we can find the shape, size, range, density of the lesions, the relationship between the lesion site and the pleura, mediastinum, heart, the internal structure of the lesions, etc. Therefore, the nature of various lung diseases can be judged according to the characteristics of the chest X-rays.

Furthermore, thoracentesis can also be of great help in distinguishing lung cancer, pneumonia, and tuberculosis. Thoracic puncture is divided into lung puncture and pleural puncture. It can help us perform biopsy. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy is a test in which a fiberoptic bronchoscope is directly inserted from the nasal cavity into the trachea and bronchus to the pulmonary segmental bronchus for direct observation and discovery of lesions. It can also be performed by using tissue inspection forceps to clamp the tissue at the lesion site for pathological examination. It can also be performed by using a special brush to scrub the lesion site and then inspecting the scrubbing fluid to find pathogens or cancer cells.

If you often find yourself coughing in your life, you can consider using the above methods for diagnosis and identification. As long as you follow these requirements, you will definitely be able to find lung cancer early. Once lung cancer is found, we will immediately receive surgical treatment. This is the golden treatment time and it will not threaten your life for the time being.