What are the symptoms of early esophageal cancer

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Esophageal cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors in China. Because most of the patients have reached the middle and advanced stage when they were found, the mortality rate is very high. If we can raise vigilance, early diagnosis and early treatment, we can greatly reduce the mortality. Progressive dysphagia is a typical symptom of esophageal cancer, and it is also the main symptom of most patients, but it is the middle and late stage of the disease. Therefore, the key to early detection is to be alert to the early symptoms of esophageal cancer.

What are the symptoms of early esophageal cancer

When swallowing, there is burning sensation behind sternum, needling or pulling pain, especially when swallowing rough, overheated or irritating food. The pain can recur intermittently.

When eating or drinking, there is a sense of tightness behind the sternum or foreign body attached to the esophageal wall, or there is a sense of food passing slowly and staying.

Mild choking sensation, sometimes light and sometimes heavy, generally does not affect eating, often occurs or aggravates in emotional fluctuations. This feeling can disappear by itself, but often relapse. Pharyngeal dryness and tightness, tightness behind the sternum, back pain, belching from time to time, etc.

matters needing attention

Once the above symptoms occur, especially those over 50 years old, they should go to the hospital immediately. There are many diagnostic methods for esophageal cancer, such as exfoliative cell examination of esophageal mucosa, which is simple and easy to do, and can often find some early patients. It has become an important measure for early detection of esophageal cancer.