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I will pay for the following article Continuing Care. The work is to be 20 pages with three to five sources, with in-text citations and a reference page.
I will pay for the following article Continuing Care. The work is to be 20 pages with three to five sources, with in-text citations and a reference page. But as anything theory comes before practical. When we hear 'long term illness' it is always cancer that comes into our mind. All cancers are a slap on the face of life as the patient faces the worst of pain-both mental and physical in an unlimited proportion. His/her woes grow like the cancer cells and the worst part is, the patient doesn't lose consciousness even when he suffers pain like death.
One of the worst forms of cancer is lung cancer. As the illness is affected to one of the most important organ systems of the body, the suffering of the patient is beyond imagination. Before we get into the issues related to the disease and care taking, let us first learn about lung cancer.
Lung cancer is one of those cancers which bring in the worst form of suffering to the patient. Before we move on to the physical and mental grief of lung cancer patient, let us have a look at the major symptoms of lung cancer which is the external expression of the patient's pathetic condition.
Symptoms of lung cancer are varied depending upon where and how widespread the tumor is. Warning signs of lung cancer are not always present or easy to identify. A person with lung cancer may have the following kinds of symptoms:
No symptoms: In up to 25% of people, who get lung cancer, the cancer is first discovered on a routine'chest X-ray'or CT scan'as a solitary small mass sometimes called a coin lesion, since on a two-dimensional X-ray or CT scan, the round tumor looks like a coin. These patients with small, single masses often report no symptoms at the time the cancer is discovered.
Symptoms related to the cancer: The growth of the cancer and invasion of lung tissues and surrounding tissue may interfere with breathing, leading to symptoms such as cough, shortness of breath, wheezing, chest pain, and coughing up blood (hemoptysis). If the cancer has invaded nerves, for example, it may cause shoulder pain that travels down the outside of the arm (called Pancoast's syndrome) or paralysis of the vocal cords leading to'hoarseness. Invasion of the esophagus may lead to difficulty swallowing (dysphagia). If a large airway is obstructed, collapse of a portion of the lung may occur and cause infections (abscesses,'pneumonia) in the obstructed area.
Symptoms related to metastasis: Lung cancer that has spread to the bones may produce excruciating pain at the sites of bone involvement.
