Causes and treatment of lung cancer fever

Lung cancer is a common malignant tumor, fever is one of the common symptoms of lung cancer patients. The main causes of lung cancer fever are as follows: 1. The tumor itself: Lung cancer cells can release some cytokines and inflammatory mediators, resulting in fever. 2. Infection: Lung cancer patients due to decreased immunity, prone to infection, such as pneumonia, lung abscess, etc., resulting in fever. 3. Radiation or chemotherapy: Radiation or chemotherapy can kill tumor cells, but it will also cause damage to normal tissues, resulting in fever. 4. Others: Such as drug allergies, transfusion reactions, etc. may also lead to fever. Lung cancer fever treatment methods are mainly the following: 1. Physical cooling: such as cold compress, warm water bath, etc. 2. Drug cooling: such as ibuprofen, acetaminophen, etc. 3. For the cause of treatment: such as anti-infection, anti-tumor, etc. 4. Supplementary nutrition: Fever can lead to increased consumption of nutrients in patients, should pay attention to nutritional supplements. It should be noted that the treatment method of lung cancer fever should be selected according to the specific conditions of the patient, such as high body temperature, long duration, accompanied by other symptoms, etc., should seek medical attention in time for further examination and treatment. At the same time, patients should pay attention to rest during the treatment process, maintain a good mentality, and actively cooperate with the doctor's treatment.