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Family of lung cancer patients and health care

By admin • Nov 12th, 2008 • Category: Lung Cancer

I have to carefully observe the changes in the condition

1. In addition to observe whether or not the patient cough, expectoration, hemoptysis, chest pain, chest tightness, difficulty breathing, fever, and other abnormal situation, they also have to pay special attention to whether or difficulty swallowing, hoarse voice, head and neck and upper extremity edema or on the eyelids droop. In case of difficulty swallowing, prompt tumor suppression or violation of esophagus; emerged as the voice hoarse, then prompts the tumor directly or indirectly, recurrent laryngeal nerve compression; such as the emergence of head and neck and upper extremity edema and chest congestion and the Ministry of varicose veins, accompanied by headache, Dizziness or vertigo, there have been prompted to superior vena cava syndrome; as with the emergence of lung tumors on the same side of the eyelids droop, enophthalmos, narrowing the pupil, on the forehead and chest are not sweating, there have been prompted Horner syndrome .

2. Medication a patient should be on the watch for adverse drug reactions occur. The patient or family members can do a number of summary records for future treatment.

The second to take care of the appropriate

1. Should be less to public places, indoor ventilation from time to time to prevent upper respiratory tract infection, severe illness are lying to rest.

2. To give high-calorie, high-protein, high vitamin and easy to digest food and avoid drinking and smoking and to encourage more consumption and less taboos.

3. Compliance doctor medication on time, in case of doubt to visit the hospital advisory, not to avoid trouble.

Third, it is necessary to properly care

1. Dyspnea, give oxygen, take a break and a half position.

2. Pain, pain medication.

3. Cough, expectoration, observe the sputum volume, color, such as the increase in the amount of sputum or color from white to yellow purulent Qingxi, it would take to do micro-organisms to send sputum examination.

4. Hemoptysis occurred on the patient, it is necessary to observe the amount of hemoptysis. In case of massive hemoptysis, should favor the side of the patient’s head, so that the patient will be gently Gechu blood, to comfort patients in a timely manner, the emotional stability of the patient. Once observed that the performance of the emergence of a sign of suffocation, in time to take emergency measures or rushed to hospital.

5. Occurrence of the superior vena cava syndrome patients, it should be semi-rest position. Horner syndrome patients found to occur, it is necessary to rule by the physician in a timely manner and get in touch.



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