What are the initial symptoms of esophageal cancer

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With the improvement of people's living standards, affected by the bad living and eating habits, more and more people suffer from esophageal cancer. The early symptoms of esophageal cancer include esophageal burning, swelling and pain, cough, increased secretion of throat, and obvious pain in the process of swallowing, That may be suffering from early esophageal cancer disease, the damage to the health of patients is very large, timely treatment can eliminate the impact of malignant esophageal cancer. What are the initial symptoms of esophageal cancer

What are the initial symptoms of esophageal cancer

First of all, esophageal cancer can also be felt at the beginning. The foreign body sensation in the esophagus is mostly consistent with esophageal lesions. With the development of the disease, choking and even pain appear one after another. The cause of this symptom may be the congestion and swelling of the mucosa at the lesion site of the esophagus, which leads to the decrease of the stimulation threshold of the submucosal plexus of the esophagus.

Secondly, when suffering from esophageal cancer, there will be abnormalities when eating. After swallowing food through slow and stagnant feeling, the food will go down slowly and stagnant feeling. The upper and middle parts of esophagus were the most common sites, which were mild at the beginning and aggravated gradually, accompanied by other symptoms. The mechanism may be mainly functional changes, or it may be due to the wide "canceration field" of esophageal cancer and chronic inflammation of esophageal mucosa.

Finally, with the development of esophageal cancer, the nature of retrosternal pain, stuffy discomfort or pharyngeal pain may be burning like, acupuncture like or traction friction like pain. At the initial stage, the symptoms are mild, and only intermittently, each time may be very short, and may be relieved by drug treatment. Later, the symptoms worsened, repeated attacks and prolonged duration.

matters needing attention

Esophageal cancer patients with this disease should have a positive and optimistic attitude to the treatment of this disease, actively cooperate with the doctor's treatment, in daily life, but also timely correct bad living habits, develop good habits of daily life, proper exercise, to improve their physical quality, to achieve the role of physical health care.