Cancer patients may still have metastasis after **, but don't be anxious first, find **metastasis signals in advance and carry out effective **, it is still possible to prolong survival!
If you have any of the following abnormal symptoms, you must be vigilant, these may be the signals released by cancer metastasis!
The occurrence of these 8 conditions may be a signal of metastasis.
1. Pain symptoms.
Pain is a signal to the brain when tissues and organs in the body are exposed to harmful stimuli. In general, there are several causes of pain in cancer patients:
1) Pain caused by tumor infiltration and compression of surrounding tissues, nerves, blood vessels and inflammatory reactions
2) Surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and other anti-cancer ** pain caused by local tissue or nerve damage;
3) Metastatic pain caused by tumor metastasis to bone, liver, lung and other tissues and organs.
When the tumor metastasis stimulates the body, it will also send an early signal of "pain", especially after waking up in the morning. The location of tumor metastasis varies depending on the pain symptoms.
Bone metastases. Pain characteristics: unexplained bone pain in the waist, ribs, back and other parts, at first it is a deep dull pain, intermittent pain, unrelated to activity. Over time, the pain becomes more intense, turning into a severe, persistent and irrelievable pain that can last for months.
Liver metastases. Pain characteristics: Mild pain in the liver area may occur in the early stage of liver metastasis, and the pain will suddenly appear when eating or at night, and then disappear on its own. As the disease progresses, there is persistent, severe pain in the liver area.
Lung metastases. Pain characteristics: Chest pain symptoms can be aggravated with deep breathing, eating or coughing, and with the increase of tumors, the pain symptoms will worsen, and there will be a feeling of tightness and breathlessness in the chest.
Brain metastases. Pain characteristics: Headache symptoms continue to worsen with the compression of the brain tumor, and cannot be completely improved by rest or painkillers. This type of headache tends to occur early in the morning and can be aggravated by coughing, sneezing, and lowering your head.
Pain in some parts of the body, although not necessarily caused by metastasis, should not be taken lightly, especially if the pain persists and worsens, it is recommended to go to the hospital for relevant imaging tests as soon as possible to confirm the diagnosis.
2. Unexplained weight loss.
Many patients have the habit of weighing themselves after getting up in the morning, first of all, the habit of weighing themselves often is very good, which not only helps patients understand their weight changes, control healthy weight, and even helps to detect tumor metastasis!
Cancer is a chronic wasting disease, when cancer cells metastasize and spread, in order to meet their own nutritional needs, cancer cells will take away all the nutrients needed by the body, so tumor patients will lose weight.
Weight loss is one of the common signs in cancer patients. However, if the patient has maintained a stable weight for a period of time after passing **, and then has a large loss of unexplained weight in a short period of time (the normal range for body weight is 185-23.9kg m2), it is recommended to go to the hospital to check for the possibility of tumor**.
3. Unexplained fever.
Many patients said that sometimes when they get up in the morning, their faces will be red, their bodies will be hot, and they will sweat, during which they will feel irritable and anxious.
Fever is one of the common symptoms in cancer patients. There are several causes of fever:
1) "Drug fever" caused by drug use;
2) Cancerous fever caused by active cancer cells;
3) Chemotherapy leads to inhibition of bone marrow hematopoiesis, resulting in leukopenia and fever.
If cancer patients have unexplained fever for a long time, cancerous fever caused by tumor ** cannot be ruled out, and it is recommended to find out the specific cause of fever in time.
It is worth mentioning that no matter which cause of fever, it is not recommended for cancer patients to blindly use antipyretic drugs, and it is recommended to rest more and drink more water to relieve it.
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In addition, for cancer patients with obvious leukocytopenia, fever is often complicated by bacterial, viral, mold or parasitic infections, which affects the progress of the program and the effectiveness of the program.
In this regard, it is recommended to take whitening drugs or whitening injections according to the doctor's instructions to make the white blood cells return to normal as soon as possible.
4. Unexplained fatigue.
Tumor is a wasting disease that also causes metabolic disorders in the body, so fatigue is one of its characteristic manifestations. When the patient has unexplained fatigue and weakness for a period of time, it should be paid great attention to exclude the possibility of tumor metastasis.
5. Swollen lymph nodes.
After the patient passes**, he should pay attention to whether the lymph nodes in his or her parts are enlarged. The lymphatic system can be checked frequently to prevent problems before they occur. Such as the lower cervical triangle (neck, jaw, clavicle fossa), axilla, groin, etc. These lymphatic areas are important pathways for tumor metastasis, and once enlargement is found, medical attention should be sought immediately to determine whether lymphatic metastases are present.
6. Signs of bleeding.
Bleeding is also one of the common symptoms in cancer patients. Necrosis of the tumor often causes small local bleeding, but if the tumor erodes the surrounding blood vessels, it can cause severe heavy bleeding. When severe hemoptysis occurs, prompt medical attention is required.
Of course, some targeted drugs will cause a small amount of nasal bleeding in some patients, which is the first target drug to require the assistance of doctors or medical professionals.
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7. Signs of obstruction.
This symptom is common in tumors that occur in hollow viscera and can also be seen in compression of tumors in adjacent hollow viscera. Enlargement of any tumor in the lumen of the body will cause lumen changes, most commonly lumen narrowing, and even lumen obstruction.
If the tumor in the esophagus enlarges, it may cause difficulty swallowing, choking or even obstruction when eatingTumors of the trachea and throat enlarge and compress nerves in the trachea and throat, causing signs of shortness of breath and hoarseness and speechlessness.
8. The appearance of lumps.
Solid mass, unclear borders, immovable pushing, hard texture, this is usually the appearance of malignant tumors, or metastases, to a specialist hospital to check to rule out malignant tumors**.
Write at the end. No matter what abnormal symptoms appear in the body or feel unwell, do not simply sit down, because some characteristics similar to **metastasis may not have occurred**metastasis, but if a certain abnormal symptom persists, it is best to go to the hospital as soon as possible to find out**, do not wait for the problem to be anxious, insist on following the doctor's instructions, regular review, no problem is the best, there is a problem can also be detected early, early**.