I. Introduction
Cough is the most common symptom of lung cancer, and it can occur in early, intermediate, or advanced stages, and it gets worse as the disease progresses.
Western medicine** lung cancer cough is mainly given cough suppressants and phlegm drugs, such as dioxpromazine, codeine phosphate, etc., but it is generally not advocated to use antitussive drugs alone, mainly for fear of forming sputum embolism to block the trachea and bronchi.
IILung cancer cough**
The cough of lung cancer patients is mainly related to lung cancer, due to the growth of the tumor, it invades and compresses the lung tissue, especially when the tumor obstructs the trachea, the cough is aggravated, and the cough medicine is not easy to control.
In addition to the direct invasion and compression of the tumor, local inflammation and bleeding can also cause coughing, but most of these inflammations and bleeding are also related to the tumor.
Therefore, the main cough of lung cancer patients is the presence of tumors, and the cough will be aggravated as the tumor progresses.
IIIManifestations of cough in lung cancer
Lung cancer cough can appear at an early stage and is the most common symptom, mainly manifested as paroxysmal, irritating dry cough with no or little sputum.
When a tumor obstructs the trachea, the cough worsens and appears as a high-pitched metallic cough or choking.
Cough may be accompanied by hemoptysis, usually with blood, intermittent sputum or a small amount of hemoptysis, and occasionally massive hemoptysis.
Cough may also be accompanied by chest pain, usually an irregular dull or dull chest ache that worsens with cough and indicates progression.
FourthLung cancer cough**
The main problem of cough in lung cancer lies in the presence of tumors, and if the tumors are not controlled, the cough will not fundamentally improve. Therefore, the ** of the tumor itself is the fundamental way to relieve cough.
Of course, because lung cancer is long-term, and cough has a greater impact on the patient's daily life, it is also necessary to have cough suppressant ** while carrying out anti-tumor**.
Earlier, we briefly talked about Western medicine for lung cancer cough**, and today we will mainly talk about Chinese medicine for lung cancer cough**.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that although cough occurs in the lungs, it is not limited to the lungs. "Any organ dysfunction affecting the lungs can be coughing.
Traditional Chinese medicine divides cough into external cough and internal injury cough, and external cough ** is the evil of the six external senses;Internal injury cough** is caused by internal injury factors such as diet and emotion, which causes the dysfunction of the viscera and internal diseases.
Both external cough and internal cough can cause unclear lung qi, loss of Xuansu, and coughing in the opposite direction.
On the **, we should distinguish between evil and good, and false and real. External cough is the evil qi and lungs, and it is mostly empirical, so the principle of dispelling evil and benefiting the lungs is the first, according to the difference of evil qi wind cold, wind heat, and wind dryness, it should be used to disperse wind, disperse cold, clear heat, and moisten dryness.
Internal injury cough, mostly evil and positive, so to dispel the evil and help the right, the specimen to take into account the principle of **, according to the disease and evil for the "phlegm" and "fire", the evil is mainly used to dispel phlegm and clear the fire, and the positive and deficiency are appropriate to nourish yin or qi, and the primary and secondary treatment of the deficiency and reality should be distinguished.
In the case of lung cancer cough, in addition to directly treating the lungs, we should also pay attention to the treatment of the spleen, liver, and kidneys from the perspective of the whole.
External cough is generally avoided to be astringent and retained, when the situation is favorable, and the cough will stop when the lung qi is smooth;
Internal injury cough should be prevented from spreading the injury, pay attention to regulating the viscera, and take care of righteousness.
Cough is a pathological manifestation of the human body's dispelling evil spirits, and it must not be treated separately according to different **.