Symptoms of perforation of esophageal carcinoma

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Esophageal perforation is one of the most serious gastrointestinal emergencies, and its mortality is also relatively high. The prognosis depends on the cause of disease, the site of injury, the basic lesion of esophagus and the time of treatment after injury. What are the symptoms of esophageal perforation? Let's talk about it.

Symptoms of perforation of esophageal carcinoma

Esophageal perforation is generally divided into three types: acute, subacute and chronic. The symptoms of each period are different. Acute esophageal perforation usually occurs within one day after injury (instrument or spontaneous perforation), such as chest pain or abdominal pain, dyspnea, fever and other symptoms;

Subacute perforation appeared within one day to two weeks after operation, manifested as chest pain and dyspnea; Chronic perforation occurs two weeks after injury, mostly after surgery. Patients may have dysphagia and atrial arrhythmia.

In general, the symptoms of patients with esophageal perforation are sudden or continuous severe pain in the chest, sternum or upper abdomen. The pain often radiates to the shoulder, scapula or back, accompanied by shortness of breath, shortness of breath or dyspnea; Because of the stimulation and compression of the surrounding tissues, the contents of the esophagus entered the mediastinum or chest. Some patients could not lie on their back and suffered from hypoxia;

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In addition, there will also be shock or fever and water electrolyte and acid-base imbalance symptoms, these are late, patients with severe infection and fever symptoms, difficult to eat, repeated vomiting.