Last stages of life with lung cancer

Lung cancer

• Lung cancer contains various symptoms in body during the final stages .

• They will affect with physically and mentally during their(http://lungcancersymptomsx.com/all-about-lung-cancer.html/) final stage of life.

• The following slide shows the last stage of life with lung cancer.

Physical changes

• There are so many physical changes occur in the body during the last stage of lung cancer.

• The body begins with slow down all its functions.

• The dying person(http://lungcancersymptomsx.com/) will feel weak and sleep a lot. When death is very near the dying person may have

• Semi conscious

• Difficulty swallowing or not wanting to eat or drink at all

• Loss of control of bladder and bowel control

• Restless movements.

• Changes in breathing

• Noisy breathing

• Cold feet, hands, legs and arms

• Confusion and disorientation

• Complete loss of consciousness

Emotional and spiritual changes

• Everyone will feel different emotions when they are dying. A lot depends on

• Type of person they are, Their age, How much support they have, Their religious and spiritual beliefs, The experiences they have had in life.

• There are so many factors which they consider before they going to die.

• If someone is going to die in 20 will feel very different comparing to the person with the age of 80.

• If the person dying is leaving behind young children, they will have different worries from someone whose children are grown up and able to take care of themselves.

• Each person has different worries on their last stages of life.

When Death get closer

• As death gets closer they may begin to let go and seem more at peace with things.

• Others may become very anxious, fearful or angry.

• Some people may appear to withdraw even from the people they love and care about.

• But this doesn’t mean that they don’t care anymore. These events are all very normal and a natural part of dying.

Pain

• The advanced stage of lung cancer people suffers from various pain through mentally as well as physically.

• If you are in pain, the important thing is to let your medical team know.

• Also tell them if you are afraid of being in pain, so that they can give you the right information.

• Controlling pain is much easier if you use painkillers regularly, as soon as the pain starts. If you try not to take painkillers, it takes longer to get the pain under control.

Other symptoms

• The lung cancer affect most parts of the body during the last stage.

• Even in the late stages of your cancer, your doctor may want to treat some of these changes.

• Treatment (http://www.slideshare.net/danielvhenny/complications-in-lung-cancer-treatment/)can make you much more comfortable. But there may also be times when treatment causes you more distress than comfort.

• So the patients should be bold enough to face all kinds of problems during their last stages of life.

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