Lung cancer is 'drag' out? Doctor: If you have '2 pains and 1 convexity' on your body, it is recommended to check CT
Many people think that cancer is far away from our lives, in fact, diet, sleep, climate, soil and other factors, may make you get cancer, according to the latest cancer data report, more than 4 million people die in China every year, more than half , the number is staggering.
Among them, lung cancer is the main cancer with the highest incidence of cancer in China, ranking first among cancer types, and it is also the first malignant tumor in men. It is more prominent in the Northeast or Southwest. When there are many causes of cancer, polluted air will cause people to inhale lung cancer, and smoking is also the main killer of cancer.
As far as China is concerned, the number of smokers among men is significantly higher than that of women. Many men know that smoking is harmful to health, but they can't help smoking, and there are even some smoking golden sentences "My brother smokes not cigarettes, but loneliness" It seems that emptiness, loneliness and men's work pressure are the main reasons for smoking.
Smoking is harmful to health. The first step that smoking harms the body is to cause lung disease, chest tightness, coughing, shortness of breath, and even waking up in the middle of the night. At this time, you must go to the hospital for a CT examination to see what pollution is in your lungs.
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Lung cancer is "drag" out?
I believe many of you have heard of the experiences of those around you. Many friends of old smokers have more or less lung disease or bronchial problems. It is not surprising that they do not go to the hospital for examination, but when they go to the hospital for examination, it is directly advanced lung cancer.
Lung cancer is found at an advanced stage, accounting for 80%. Many lung cancers are not taken seriously at an early stage, or are not noticed, resulting in a delay in optimal rescue time. Therefore, many people say that lung cancer is a "procrastination". This shows that you must not delay when you are ill. No matter if you are serious or small, you must seek medical treatment in time.
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Why are lung cancers mostly detected late?
- Can you get lung cancer without smoking?
Not smoking will not get lung cancer, this is an obvious mistake, smoking is one of the risk factors for lung cancer, not all, including air pollution, soil pollution and second-hand smoke, there are many women who do not smoke, but also suffer from lung cancer, may be long-term Expect high smoky workplaces, which lead to higher levels of estrogen in the body, increasing the risk of lung cancer.
- Not enough knowledge about cancer
In some poverty-stricken and backward areas, the national cancer prevention is not in place, and the awareness of cancer is insufficient. Although China has largely reduced the cost of some cancer prevention inspections, some elderly people are still reluctant to spend the money for inspections at their own expense, taking a fluke attitude toward cancer.
- Early lung cancer symptoms are not obvious
The symptoms of early-stage lung cancer are not obvious or typical. Many people think that the cough and chest tightness caused by colds are very similar to respiratory diseases, so they do not take colds seriously.
In the early stages of lung cancer, cancer cells do not cause substantial damage to the lungs and do not spread. Therefore, one-third of patients with early-stage lung cancer have no obvious abnormal symptoms, and will not experience pain until the middle and late stages. It's too late to check.
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Doctor: If you have "2 pains and 1 convexity" on your body, it is recommended to check CT
shoulder pain
Lung cancer can cause shoulder pain because there are many nerves around the lungs. The nerves connect to your shoulders, neck and spine. When your lung disease, inflammation or tumor can compress the peripheral nerves and cause shoulder pain, there are also obvious shoulder muscles. Pain, and then go to the hospital to check the lung CT.
chest pain
Chest pain is one of the most characteristic features of lung cancer. 50% of lung cancer patients experience various types of chest pain. The main cause of chest pain from lung cancer is that the tumor compresses the chest cavity or the thoracic diaphragm, causing neuralgia.
If you have frequent pain or unprovoked chest pain, you must pay attention to it. You can go to the hospital for a chest CT to find out the cause.
bulging fingers
Clinical studies have shown that patients with lung cancer have prominent symptoms in the distal joints of the fingers, accompanied by thickening and darkening of the skin. This kind of finger is called "clubbing finger" in medicine. The appearance of the finger often represents lung disease or respiratory system disease. A CT examination can be done for the finger to rule it out.