Nodules in the lungs are normally discovered by accident. However, if you have lung cancer, chances are that you will also have lung nodules. Those who are exposed to asbestos on a regular basis, face a greater risk of developing lung cancer.
Palliative care is a multidisciplinary approach to specialised medical care for people with serious illnesses. It focuses on providing patients with relief from the symptoms, pain, physical stress, and mental stress of a serious illnessâwhatever the diagnosis.t is appropriate at any age and at any stage in a serious illness and can be provided along with curative treatment. Physicians sometimes use the term palliative care in a sense meaning palliative therapies without curative intent, when no cure can be expected (as often happens in late-stage cancers).
Palliative care. An alternative to aggressive treatment for patients who are in the terminal phase of an illness. The care is focused on the management of pain and other symptoms of the disease, which is often more appropriate than aggressive care when a patient is dying of an incurable illness.