Lung cancer is not only triggered by a cigarette or cigar. Indeed other than the active smokers, passive smokers also at risk for this cancer. Gender and hormonal factors can also be the cause.
Journalism some time ago lost one of its best journalists. Women who worked in one of the leading newspapers have long suffered from lung cancer that eventually claimed his life. The question, a woman who is well known and friendly by fellow journalists at all non-smokers.
The relationship between smoking and lung health had long been sounded. It was none other than tobacco smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals and most of the carcinogenic substance or substances that can cause cancer. Two major carcinogenic substances in tobacco smoke are nitrosamines and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
However, smoking is not the only cause of lung cancer. Although smoking is the major cause of about 90 percent of cases of lung cancer in men and about 70 percent in women. The more cigarettes smoked, the greater the risk for suffering from lung cancer.
There are other causes another substance that is found or inhaled in the workplace. Working with asbestos, radiation, arsenic, chromate, nickel, klorometil ethers, mustard gas, and coke oven emission can cause lung cancer, although usually only occurs in workers who also smoked. Approximately 10-15 percent of patients with lung cancer in men and 5 percent in women caused by this.
Passive smokers or those who participated inhaling smoke from smokers in the long run also have a risk of lung cancer. Studies show that secondhand smoke is a risk of lung cancer 24 percent more than those who do not smoke.
Professor of Pulmonology and Science University School of Medicine respiration Indonesia (FKUI) Prof. Ernst Johannis Manuhutu SpP (K) said that, cause lung cancer, not only because of smoking, many other factors that influence. “Gender and hormonal factors can also be the cause,” he said. Another factor, he added, such as air pollution, especially substance adenokarisinoma and alveolar cell carcinoma. However, usually occurs in people who have lung scarring due to a lung disease such as tuberculosis and fibrosis.
The symptoms of lung cancer, said Ernst, depending on the type, location and how its spread. Usually the main symptoms are persistent cough. Chronic bronchitis patients who have cancer often paruparu realize that the cough gets worse. Sputum may contain blood. Even if the cancer grows into the blood vessels beneath it, can cause bleeding.
Symptoms that occur later are loss of appetite, weight loss and weakness. Lung cancer often leads to accumulation of fluid around the lungs (pleural effusion) that the patient experienced shortness of breath. If the cancer spreads in the lungs, shortness of breath can happen is great, blood oxygen levels are low and heart failure.
Ernst revealed, the people affected by lung cancer is a very long time which is about 10-15 years. If since the 15-year-old man was smoking, probably at the age of about 35 or 40 years old man suffering from lung cancer.
Paruparu cancer diagnosis is made based on the type of cell types, and signs enough. One way that can be used is to consume antioxidants are compounds that can neutralize free radicals by protecting the body cells, especially the lungs. However, this is a last resort and not a 100 percent treatment inhibit or prevent cancer. This is only to reduce the risk of cancer.
There are several antioxidants that can be consumed ie vitamins A, C, and E in the form of food supplements. These antioxidants protect the lungs against damage by oxidation and fracture (fr). Some foods such as soy, tofu, tempeh, and oncom genistein also contain compounds which are strong antioxidant and antitumor, which can stimulate the immune system. The mechanism works is to stimulate the restoration of tumor cells into normal cells, especially in lung cancer. Green tea contains bioflavonoids which Epi-Catechin Gallat Gallo is also a powerful antioxidant activity 10 times stronger than vitamin C.
There are several types of treatment for this disease, namely surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. Lung specialist from RSUP Friendship Dr Ahmad said Hudoyo SpPD FCCP, this type of treatment tailored to the type of cancer, the level of expansion or spread at the time of diagnosis, and the overall health condition of the patient.
“To the degree I and II are operating, while the degree III and IV can be taken chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or a combination of both therapies target,” he said.
Operation is the act of primary treatment at an early stage cancer. Patients who undergo surgery can not be switched to radiotherapy. The level of disease cure lung cancer is still very good if you are still at an early stage. The problem is very rare cancers detected at this point.
If cancer cells have spread to other areas, treatment options are chemotherapy and radiotherapy. If the cancer blocking the main air flow, can be used lasers to freeze the tumor, or keep open the flow of air with a stent or tube.
