What happens to your respiratory system when you have lung cancer?

Answer 1

I am not a doctor so I can't give medical advice.

The cancer can change the tissue. It can impair the airways by decreases the size of the airways or it could interfere with gas exchange through the air sacs in the lung. A person breaths by inspiring oxygen and exhaling CO2. Anything that interferes with that gas exchange makes it more difficult to breath. The degree of interference and the placement of the interference affects how difficult it is to breath. The problem starts when get a tumor. A biopsy is advised to determine what type of cancer it is and if it benign or malignant. If malignant the concern comes about isolating it and removing it if possibly. People can have the tumor to a lobe to a section of the right or left lung when if in this case should be removed. Many cancers are progressive and increase in size with time and that further interferes with the ability to breath. Having worked with lung cancer patients and seeing them die is a dreadful and sad experience. Imagine a world of difficulty breathing which is always ever present.

A good way to know how it feels to be short of breath is to remember the times after you have just run a distance and you feel out of breath. Imagine having that feeling all of the time probably to a lesser degree though. Diagnosing the Cancer early helps in preventing the spread and gives the person a better chance of surviving.

If I found out or suspected I had cancer I would see a doctor ASAP which would give me a better chance of surviving the disease and having a more normal life but this depends when the disease is caught, the type of the cancer, and whether is was spread from somewhere else. Remember I am not a doctor so I can't give medical advice.

Answer 2

it gets infected