Mesothelioma Lung Cancer - Mesothelioma Lung Cancer Help
Lung cancer
What do you know about lung cancer?
This booklet will provide you with some important background information related to lung cancer, its causes, diagnosis and treatment. The brochure will explain how to diagnose lung cancer and treatment, and also will provide you with information to help you in coping with lung cancer if I did not hit or God forbid one of your sweetie.
This booklet is not a substitute for a doctor does not answer all the questions that have taken place in your mind and the relationship of lung cancer. You can use doctors, nurses and specialists if you have further questions. This may provide some guidance manual related to the quality of the questions and providing them with questions.
Lungs
The lungs of the two words in the form of conical Asefngiyn in the chest. They constitute a large antenna with the behavior of the respiratory system and a small charge for removing carbon dioxide (adverse body) and to receive oxygen (a vital and important for life) to the blood stream, which is then distributed throughout the body.
Mhattan lungs light layer of tissue, known Balblora is located within the space on both sides of the chest known Mouncef. It contains one space (tube feeding), Alrgamy (a large tube antenna), the heart and large blood vessels known as intravenous Balobehri and hollow. This information is important because any inflation in the region may be due to lung cancer.
Cancer
Cancer is formed from a group of diseases, more than a hundred different kind. When they are composed of cancer cell anomaly remains divided on the same cells, and many are without any control on the process of division or growth. When these cells are new cells are not needed for the body, there is a mass of tissue called a cyst. These tumors may be benign or malignant. Benign tumors is called a cancer may grow locally was localized relapse, but never does not extend to other parts of the body does not play at all in the death of the person.
Malignant tumors are known as cancer. They invade tissue localized, and extends into the blood vessels and can spread to other parts of the body where the formation of new tumors. With regard to lung cancer, and soon spread to other parts of the body, it can not be cured. The common sites of spread of cancer of the lung, lymph nodes in the chest and neck, and Alblora, liver, bone, brain and adrenal glands (glands above the kidneys).
The cancer spread in different parts of the body is the same disease also has the same name. In other words, if lung cancer has spread to the liver (or any other member), the so-called lung cancer Alnquili, regardless of the subject of whether the new tumor in the liver or any other member.
What is the cause of lung cancer?
Tobacco use is so far one of the most important causes of lung cancer, and directly linked to the risk of being the number of cigarettes smoked and duration of smoking. Even after the risk of lung cancer, the time is not too late to quit smoking as long as the danger of the resumption of the incidence of the disease after recovery from the remains if the person continues to smoke.
As is well known now, the smoke from the cigarettes smoked by others (passive smoking) cause of lung cancer. In short, tobacco is a sufficient reason alone, important for lung cancer. Will lead to a decline in smoking to reduce the risk of lung cancer. The common risk factors for cancer of the lung of asbestos (asbestos, construction workers or repair of ships), and radon (uranium metal).
Types of lung cancer
Created all kinds of lung cancer of the lining of the airway, some cancerous tumors called. The stems are two types are distinguished by their speed on the basis of the pattern of growth and proliferation, and lung cancer, a designated non-small cell lung cancer and a small cell. Each of these two different ways of treating each other. Lung cancer than non-small cell: It is the most common, with three main types of each named according to the type of tumor cell, consisting of:
1st scaly cancer cells and cancer, also known Alepeshrani, usually affects the course of the air, where the principal grows and spreads slowly, and may cause Altkhv.
2nd Glandular cancer is the most common types of lung cancer among non-smokers who had never smoked, never, usually begins in the vicinity of the lining of the lung or airway larger.
3rd cancer cells consist of large, where large cells appear abnormal, usually begins in the outer limits of the lungs. Lung cancer cells is small and is also called oat cell cancer due to the presence of a semi-grain oats and cell under the microscope, and that grows and spreads to other members very quickly.
Symptoms of lung cancer
Usually does not result in any sense of lung cancer symptoms at the beginning of infection, and in some cases the symptoms are not always the reason for the discovery of the injury, but is detected at the examination by a chest X-ray for another medical reason. Typically, the incidence of lung cancer detected after it has grown as the result of symptoms.
Cough is a very common symptom of this disease. The smoker may suffer from a chronic cough, but that would be exacerbated by the first presentation of a symptom of lung cancer. The cough is accompanied by the appearance of blood in Alakeca or without.
It is also a sense of common symptoms, pain in the chest, which may occur due to the spread of the disease in the lung or the cover of the chest wall. The patient may feel self-constraints, and the hum, and pneumonia are frequently. If the tumor in Alehizum (bone of the sternum), it could put pressure on the large blood vessels causing swelling of the face and upper arms. It can also cause pressure on the nerves of certain tumor feeling pain in the hand or arm, as well as weaknesses.
In addition, there are the symptoms may not seem at first glance to be relevant to lung cancer never Kalirhaq, vulnerability and loss of appetite and low weight. In the case of the spread of the disease in other parts of the body, this may cause headaches and pain in the bones … and so on. It may also be certain substances known as hormones, which cause the symptoms, for example, scaly cancer cells produce a protein leads to higher levels of calcium in the blood, which may cause it to the dry mouth and constipation and confusion.
Injury is not considered any offer above-mentioned symptoms of evidence of the risk of lung cancer, doctors alone is capable of determining whether the symptoms felt by the patient caused by lung cancer or any other problem.
Diagnosis of lung cancer
The doctor will take the history of the situation, and ask about the habits of smoking and exposure to tobacco smoke in order to determine the cause of injury to any offer from these symptoms, and will examine the patients and may request an examination of X-rays and other tests such as X-computer tomography and bone scan to determine the presence of a tumor to see whether it persists . Although the X-ray sufficient to detect the incidence of melanoma, but they are not sufficient to determine whether the type of the tumor was benign or malignant.
The only way to reach a diagnosis is the examination of tumor cells under the microscope, and this action is a specialist pathologist. For these tumor cells from the same track several different ways:
Alakeca: can be collected Alakeca early in the morning after the instigation of three consecutive days, and examined under a microscope. Lead the way in some cases to be diagnosed as a lung cancer. If cellular Alakeca not achieved little success, the doctor may need to obtain a sample of the tumor. This is called the action “biopsy,” and could be taken in several different ways, determined in accordance with the position of the tumor to the lungs. Among these means:
1) bronchus endoscopy to examine the inside of air routes and to take a sample directly from the visible tumor.
2) using a suction needle radiation planning to identify those tumors that are difficult to access by a screening bronchus.
3) may, in some cases to obtain biopsy of the members other than the lung. For example, if the tumor from spreading to the Shrubbery arrived and caused a media and on the lungs must be removed, then the liquid can be tested in the presence of cancer cells in it.
If the doctor felt the swelling of lymph glands in the neck or jaw, the taking of biopsy may help in gaining access to diagnosis or to determine the extent of the spread of cancer. It should be noted that the “biopsy” a Bada, has been accompanied by some complications. Therefore, the patient must be fully aware of its need for this action, in terms of the person responsible for doing, and complications associated with it, and the alternatives available.
The most important questions that can be put in:
1) What kind of biopsy, which will be taken? Why?
2) How long will it take action?
3) What kind of anesthesia, which will be used in the procedure?
4) When able to know the results?
5) gives me the results?
6) If the cases were diagnosed as cancer, who will discuss remedial measures with me and when?
Determine
If a diagnosis of lung cancer, the physician, the patient to know the stage of disease (range), so that it can develop an appropriate treatment plan. The identification stage is a very important way to conduct certain tests and X-ray to ascertain whether the tumor to be stationed in the lungs or had spread to one of the members of the body, with the need to know if this member has proved that.
Very important before any surgical intervention to eradicate lung cancer, to determine whether the tumor has spread to the lymph glands in the middle of the chest (the fair) or not, knowing that such a determination could be taken by a needle biopsy of the lymph glands. However, the patient is often a screening of the so-called fair or equitable yawn, a surgical procedure requiring a small surgical cut on or inside the breast bone to take a sample of the lymph nodes.
In some cases require open chest surgery, which is called a yawn, a process which is likely to be decided by the surgeon remove the tumor, but not before the examination of the lymphatic glands in the process itself.
The use of the imaging scan to detect the incidence of cancer in lymph nodes and other organs, while being on the bone imaging to detect the existence of any transfer of the disease to the bone.
It also called for the examination of magnetic resonance imaging usually if the patient complained of back pain and the possibility of a transfer back to the bones.
The method has been the adoption of CT-ray Buzteron recently in the United States established the initial identification of the stage reached in non-small cell lung cancer. We seek at the present time to assess the role of this type of testing and its effectiveness in this regard.
Treatment
Once completed, the imaging diagnosis and determine the stage of the disease, is to commence the preparation of the treatment plan, which essentially depends on several factors including: the stage, and the level of activity of the patient, and the amount of weight loss, and previous medical history, age of the patient.
The active participation of patients in the decision making steps move faster and better. The patients also want it and need to know all the details of how to diagnose their condition and treatment. In spite of this booklet will answer some questions, it is the doctor is the best person could shed light and remove the ambiguity with regard to the stage of the disease, the type of treatment, and the proportion of the likely success of treatment. Therefore, it is preferable to the processing of a list of questions in writing and recording before seeing the doctor. The questions generally accepted among people living with lung cancer:
1) What is the diagnosis of the cases?
2) What is the stage reached by the disease?
3) What are the treatment options and alternatives available?
4) What are the Tost / Mrit?
5) Do you work, such as in the cases of surgical excision, and if the answer is no, why?
6) Do you Sotlqy Mnoma treatment in the hospital or I will review it outpatient?
7) What are the side effects of treatment?
Do I will review another specialist in cancer?9) How long will it take therapeutic period of time?
10) In such cases, what are the chances of recovery?
Therapeutic ways
It is possible to deal with lung cancer by surgery, or radiation treatment or chemotherapy, which is a potential to be given each of them separately or combined treatment, depending on the stage reached by the disease and the level of performance. In cases of lung cancer cells, however, small Surgery is the best treatment to a large extent, as they provide the highest rate of cure if it is appropriate in terms of technical and medical. We seek in this surgical excision to remove all visible tumors in a single operation.
Treatment consists of radiation from high-energy radiation that can damage cells and stop their growth and division. The chemical treatment contains chemicals are introduced into the body through the venous channel or through the mouth, and in both cases, working to destroy cancer cells.
When making a decision for surgical intervention to remove the tumor, the doctors specializing in chest surgery to specify the type of process. They are only able to answer questions on the surgery and all queries may wish to ask the patient, such as:
1) What kind of process that Sokhadda it?
2) What are the possible complications?
3) Do I shall of many of the pain after surgery?
4) Is going to a long-term side effects?
5) How long I will stay in the hospital Mnoma?
Such as surgery, radiation therapy is a topical treatment, too, that it be given through a special organ. Require this type of treatment, the presence of the patient to the center of radiation every day except on Thursday and Friday over several weeks. Side effects may occur immediately after receiving radiation treatment or later after some time. On the queries that are likely to occur on the patient’s mind:
1) Why do I receive radiation therapy?
2) What are the side effects will arise during the treatment?
3) Are there any long-term side effects?
4) What can happen if I have / or when I receive radiation therapy treatment with chemicals?
Containing chemical treatment chemicals will be given to the patient via intravenous or through the mouth. It is usually provided in the form of sessions, each session would require a period of time until the patient recovered enough to receive a dose before the next.
Scheduled chemical treatment methods for lung cancer in most cases, once every three to four weeks. This is as chemotherapy, the treatment and control of a specialist in Oncology, which is authorized to respond to all questions that you may wish to ask, such as:
1) Is Sohvy of cancer receiving chemotherapy?
2) Why do chemotherapy?
3) What are the types of drugs that Sotlqaha?
4) What are the expected side effects, and how to deal with them?
5) How the chemical treatment of the need to treat the cases?
The treatment of lung cancer, non-small cell
The choice of treatment depends on the stage reached by the disease. The surgery is usually the best treatment when the cancer is confined within the lung or spread to nearby lymph nodes only. Is to provide radiation treatment for patients with tumors limited but can not undergo surgery for other reasons. Is also to provide chemotherapy and radiation to tumors spread to the lymph nodes in the center of the chest (fair), or have very large primary cancers. Alagen these can be given together or one after the other depending on the age of the patient’s health and fitness. Happens in rare cases that the patient is given radiation therapy or chemotherapy before the operation to reduce the size of the tumor. The patient is given only chemotherapy treatment in advanced stages of lung cancer, too, where is the downsizing of the tumor, which reduces the symptoms associated with lung cancer.
The treatment of lung cancer, small cell
Lung cancer is growing in small cells very quickly and spread rapidly. In most cases, cancer cells had spread to other parts of the body when the diagnosis. This is for the treatment of small cell carcinoma of the lung at the outset to use chemotherapy in an attempt to kill the cells, even if it has spread. The chemotherapy is given to all people living with cancer, small cell lung cancer, even when it is confined within the lung. The treatment is usually in the form of a mixture composed of two properties or more. Are put in the initial tumor to radiation treatment in the case of the disease was limited and after the completion of chemotherapy and radiation treatment of al-Sadr. Are also exposing the brain to treat radiation when there is no sign of cancer and to prevent the formation of tumors, or return to the brain. It is alleged that preventive radiation to the brain.
Side effects of treatment
The treatment of cancer treatment includes the use of chemical drugs is very strong and destroy the cancer cells as well as normal cells. For this it is expected that the patient is disturbing effects vary according to treatment. The severity of side effects vary between patients.
Could help doctors and nurses to explain their side effects and can also suggest ways to minimize these effects and coexistence with them.
Lung cancer surgery is a major operation to the needs of patients weeks or months to recover their strength and energy. The recovery period varies from one individual to another and can help health care specialists to make the recovery easier and faster. Needs of patients to pain medication for the control of pain after the operation. There are additional therapeutic interventions, including respiratory therapy to help expand the lung after surgery and to assist the patient to remove any secretions. Can get a number of muscle weakness after lung surgery, which requires exercises to regain strength.
Radiotherapy
The general fatigue and fatigue common side effects during the period of radiotherapy, especially in the later stages of treatment. However, patients are encouraged to maintain their activities as much as they can. The skin becomes red in the treated area, dry and exciting for G. The change to a darker color on a permanent basis. The skin should be open, but we must avoid exposure to sunlight. The education of nurses radiotherapy patients how a skin care, and patients must not use any cosmetics or creams without consulting a specialist radiation treatment for tumors.
Patients can suffer inflammation in the throat during and after radiation therapy for a short period. The process of swallowing become difficult, which makes patients prefer to deal with food and soft drink more fluids. And can describe my radiation treatment for tumors of the mouth, lotion topical anesthetic to ease pain.
Can occur due to radiation fibrosis, in the long run, some patients who were exposed to damage suffered by the radiation therapy. This occurs several months after the completion of radiation therapy is similar to the scars. Must be that the identification of patients with physical activity as they are facing difficulty in the delivery of oxygen to the blood through the lungs. The constraints are at the lowest in the self-effort.
Chemotherapy:
The adoption of the side effects of the treatment of chemical drugs used, but usually include nausea and discarding. Brought under control nausea and Torgie now using different drugs. The most important side effect of chemotherapy treatment of AIDS is declining, and the review of the patient’s doctor immediately in the event of an increase in temperature during the period of receiving chemotherapy. There can be a specialist oncology nurse and provide further advice and guidance on the reduction of the undesirable side effects of chemotherapy treatment.
Of the other annoying side effects, hair loss, especially for women. The hair loss is different from one patient to another and can not predict what will happen. But it is temporary and will return the hair to grow again during the weeks of chemotherapy stopped. There is at present any solutions to prevent this side effect.
Nutrition
It may be difficult for patients to eat well, due to loss of appetite and treatment side effects such as nausea and Torgie and oral ulceration, which makes eating difficult. Some patients also Iev food.
It is essential that the patient knows that it dealt with an adequate amount of calories to maintain a stable weight during the period of treatment for lung cancer. The patients who eat well and maintain the stability of the weight or more, to have the largest amount of energy during the period of treatment would also be better for them to side effects of treatment.
Can make a doctor or a nurse or specialist nutrition advice relating to healthy eating during cancer treatment.
Support for cancer patients
Cancer patients going through a difficult period during the treatment, in addition to feeling worried about their jobs and their ability to travel to and from their place of residence and the Center for treatment. Also worry about their ability to support families during this difficult period.
There’s King Faisal Specialist Hospital in charge of social affairs department. This could help the housing department can also provide material assistance. Talk with your doctor or nurse on referral to the social worker.
For patients living in Riyadh and the sick who are very poor condition and unable to visit the hospital frequently or prefer to stay at home, we provide them with home health care service, where nurses and specialized nurses to visit patients in their homes regularly and kept under the doctor. That service is provided to patients enrolled in the program of home health care.
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This Article Collected And Translated From Arabic Language By Mesothelioma Guide
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