What are the clinical symptoms of lung cancer? Common clinical symptoms of lung cancer

Lung cancer is a malignant tumor. Its incidence and mortality rates are growing rapidly, posing a great threat to the patient's health and life. Generally speaking, people will experience many symptoms after suffering from lung cancer, so people should pay attention to it and seek timely treatment.

In life, diseases pose a great threat to people, especially some cancers. I believe everyone knows what cancer means to people. In life, I believe few people do not know the existence of lung cancer. Lung cancer is a terrible existence for people, because after suffering from lung cancer, people’s health and life will be threatened. Therefore, people must pay attention to this disease. However, it is undeniable that there are still some people in life who do not have a deep understanding of lung cancer. Therefore, the following will introduce the clinical symptoms of lung cancer, hoping to help some people.

Generally speaking, people will experience many symptoms after suffering from lung cancer, and those symptoms have a great impact on people. Lung cancer is divided into local symptoms and systemic symptoms. Local symptoms generally include: cough, which is a very common symptom; blood in sputum or hemoptysis is also a very common symptom of lung cancer; generally speaking, chest pain is the first symptom of lung cancer patients; some patients have chest tightness and shortness of breath as the primary symptoms; some patients will also have symptoms of hoarseness, etc.

Some lung cancer patients may also experience systemic symptoms, such as fever, which is the first symptom in some patients. In the late stage of lung cancer, some patients may suffer from loss of appetite due to infection and pain, and tumor growth and toxins may cause consumption, etc., which may lead to symptoms such as weight loss, anemia, cachexia, etc.

Some symptoms may also appear outside the lungs, such as: pulmonary osteoarthritis, tumor-related ectopic hormone secretion syndrome, ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone secretion syndrome, ectopic gonadotropin secretion syndrome, ectopic insulin secretion syndrome, ectopic parathyroid hormone secretion syndrome, carcinoid syndrome, neuromuscular syndrome, ectopic growth hormone syndrome, abnormal antidiuretic hormone secretion syndrome, etc.

In addition to the above, some other symptoms may also occur, such as: skin lesions; abnormal coagulation mechanism; chronic anemia, purpura, polycythemia, leukemoid symptoms, etc. There may also be external invasion and metastasis symptoms, such as: lymph node metastasis, superior vena cava syndrome, pleural invasion and metastasis, kidney metastasis, digestive tract metastasis, bone metastasis, etc. In addition, the heart may also be invaded or metastasized, and symptoms may also occur in the peripheral nervous system.

From the above introduction, we can know that people will have many symptoms after suffering from lung cancer, which has a great impact on people's physical health. Therefore, after suffering from lung cancer, timely treatment is necessary. Only with timely treatment can the condition be improved. During the treatment process, patients must cooperate with the doctor's treatment and maintain a good attitude, which is also very beneficial for treatment. I believe that after treatment, people's condition will definitely improve.