My husband had non small cell adenocarcinoma stage 3b.
Small cell lung cancer swollen ankles.
However a few days before his chemo treatment his.
He has had two radiation treatments and one chemo treatment of taxol and carboplatin.
Edema is a condition in which fluid builds up in your body s tissues.
My father was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer non small a couple of months ago and it has also spread to his bones.
Lung cancer and swelling of ankles rossgirl17.
Learn about signs of edema including swelling in your feet ankles and legs.
Cancer and its treatment may cause swelling which also can be called edema or ascites depending on the area affected.
Hello there could be many reasons for the swelling in feet and ankles.
Getty images as the health body explains hpoa can be caused by substances released by the tumour.
It affects about 5 out of every 100 people 5 with cancer of the windpipe bronchus or lung and up to 50 with pleural mesothelioma.
You might have a build up of fluid between the chest wall and the lung called a pleural effusion.
Swelling or edema is a build up of fluid in the tissues this can be caused by retaining salt and water because of certain medicines.
Persons with small cell lung cancer typically have had symptoms for a relatively short time 8 to 12 weeks before they visit their doctor.
This symptom is called superior vena cava syndrome or superior vena cava obstruction.
It could mean that you have some heart failure going on lung cancer can cause right heart failure or that you aren t making protein or that one of the treatments you are taking is causing your kidneys to leak protein so there are many possibilities and you need your doctor to sort it out.
Symptoms will vary depending on where the cancer is.
People with lung conditions can get hpoa.
Continued small cell lung cancer symptoms.
In cancer it is most common in people with non small cell lung cancer.
Lung cancer can cause swelling in the face and neck when a tumor malignancy presses on the vein that goes from the head to the heart.
He finished 10 days of radiation a few weeks ago and just had his first chemo treatment with taxol carboplatin last week.
The calves of his legs are not only swollen but hard along with the swollen ankles and feet.
Swollen inflamed wrists or ankles are a sign image.
Inflammation swelling and pain in the hands fingers knees or ankles.
