Cancer patients are most afraid of brain metastases. There are relatively many cases of lung cancer brain metastases, which is also one of the common reasons for cancer treatment failure.
According to statistics, the malignant tumor with the highest incidence of brain metastasis is malignant melanoma, but this disease is relatively rare. Currently, lung cancer is the most common cancer in clinical practice, accounting for about 50% of brain metastases, followed by breast cancer , rectal cancer, etc.
Lung cancer is different from other tumor diseases. Tumors of other organs usually reach the lungs first before they can metastasis to the brain. Most tumor cells cannot reach the brain. The blood metastasis process between lung cancer cells and the brain is more direct, because there are anastomotic branches between the lung blood vessels and the vertebral veins, which makes the shedded lung cancer cells have the opportunity to "escape" the filtration of the lung capillaries and metastasize to the brain. About 30% of non-small cell lung cancer patients have brain metastases during the course of the disease, while 20% of small cell lung cancer patients have brain metastases when they are diagnosed.
Brain metastasis is a relatively serious situation for cancer patients, and early detection and early treatment are very important. So, what are the signals of brain metastasis? The first is headache and vomiting, which is the most common symptom of brain metastasis in lung cancer. Because cancer cells cause increased intracranial pressure or brain edema , patients will feel obvious pain. This symptom worsens when resting in the morning, and may also be accompanied by nausea, vomiting, lethargy and other conditions. Among them, vomiting often occurs when the headache is severe and is spray-like, mainly due to the increase in intracranial pressure, which causes irritation of the medulla-respiratory respiratory center.
Second, deafness and tinnitus will occur. Most of the two symptoms of brain metastasis will be discovered by patients when making a phone call, and they will be inaudible while hearing it in one ear. This symptoms are mostly caused by brain metastasis caused by cancer.
Third, the patient's physical balance and coordination ability will become worse. For example, problems such as falling down when walking, collision easily, and unable to grasp the target with hands. Such symptoms usually occur in the cerebellum. In addition, brain metastasis in cancer may cause weakness in the patient's arms and legs, and it is not caused by pain, but simply fatigue or loss of response. You should often be alert to this situation.
Fourth, Mental abnormalities: After brain metastasis occurs, the brain tumor located in the frontal lobe of the frontal lobe will destroy the normal activity of the frontal lobe, causing the patient to experience excitement, agitation, and depression.
If multiple brain metastases have occurred, it is almost impossible to undergo surgical treatment. Radiotherapy can be considered, and accurate whole-brain radiotherapy plus tumor radiation technology is required. You must go to an experienced and high-level hospital for treatment, otherwise it may bring serious side effects to the patient and greatly reduce the quality of life. If the patient chooses surgery and radiotherapy, traditional Chinese medicine can be used to treat it at the same time, which can attenuate and increase the efficacy, eliminate adverse reactions, improve long-term efficacy, and prevent recurrence and metastasis.
A patients with advanced cancer with brain metastasis can control tumor development and improve symptoms through traditional Chinese medicine. For patients with advanced cancer in , traditional Chinese medicine treatment starts from the overall patient, with the primary goal of reducing their pain, improving their quality of life, and prolonging their lives, reducing cancer pain and various symptoms, and improving patients' immunity and physical fitness. On this basis, it will change the soil for cancer survival and development, reduce tumors, and help patients with advanced cancer achieve long-term survival. Share a case with you.
patient, female, found that the right lung occupied the place during the physical examination, and performed surgical treatment. After the operation, chemotherapy was given 6 courses. After the follow-up examination, it was found that right lung cancer recurred after surgery, multiple intracranial metastasis, gamma knife treatment and second-line chemotherapy. Later, he sought traditional Chinese medicine treatment. The patient had chest pain and cough, sputum and blood, especially at night, accompanied by mild dizziness and headache, mental fatigue, weakness in the limbs, slightly yellow urine, and loose stools.The tongue coating is yellow, white and greasy, the tongue is red, and the pulse is deep and thin. Traditional Chinese medicine diagnosed as "pulmonary accumulation", which is diagnosed as lung and spleen qi deficiency. After multiple chemotherapy and gamma knife treatment, it consumes qi and blood, lung deficiency and phlegm obstruction, spleen deficiency and qi stagnation, damp heat accumulation, blood stasis and qi obstruction, causing lung accumulation. The treatment is to strengthen the body and eliminate evil, overcome the toughness and break the blood stasis, and regulate qi and eliminate phlegm. Medication: fried white peony, fried Atractylodes macrocephala, Southern yew , Dilong, Gastrodia marrow , Peony bark , ginger, Pinellia ternata, Polygonum , Astragalus , Dilute elm , Dilute elm , Chuanxiong , wolfberry, Mulberry parasitic , Angelica , etc. After taking the medicine, the symptoms of dizziness and hemoptysis were relieved, the cough still persisted, the food increased, the peony bark, Gastrodia marrow, and keratin roots were removed, and the symptoms were added and red peony , Sichuan marrow , etc. After taking the medicine, the symptoms were relieved, and they have been strengthening and fighting cancer. It has been more than three years. During this period, the symptoms were increased and the condition was stable.
For patients with brain metastases, in addition to actively treating, daily psychology also needs to be adjusted, adjust their mentality to a good state, and do not be overly pessimistic. Many patients are very pessimistic and resist treatment after brain metastasis. This will greatly accelerate the deterioration of the disease and pose a very serious threat to life safety. Patients with brain metastasis must maintain a good attitude, pay attention to having enough rest time, ensure a balanced daily nutrition intake, adjust their physical condition, and provide a good "platform" for subsequent treatment. It is very important to maintain your body well!
