Symptoms of brain metastasis after esophagectomy?

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When esophageal cancer develops to advanced stage, there will be different degrees of focus metastasis, mainly manifested as lung metastasis, bone metastasis and brain metastasis. There are few cases of brain metastasis in esophageal cancer, but if brain metastasis occurs, it indicates that the condition of patients with esophageal cancer has developed seriously. Symptoms of brain metastasis after esophagectomy? Let's talk about it

Symptoms of brain metastasis after esophagectomy?

1. Visual impairment: when the intracranial pressure increases, the venous blood of the eyeball will not flow back smoothly, leading to congestion and edema, damaging the visual cells on the retina of the fundus, resulting in decreased vision.

2. Headache: it is often caused by increased intracranial pressure, and its nature is more severe. It often attacks in the early morning, and sometimes wakes up in sleep. However, headache will gradually ease or disappear after getting up for mild activities.   

3. Vomit: because of the increase of intracranial pressure, the respiratory center of medulla oblongata is stimulated, resulting in vomit. Vomit mostly occurs after headache, presenting jet shape.

matters needing attention

Although esophageal cancer postoperative brain metastasis treatment is more difficult, but it is not to say that there is no chance, hope esophageal cancer patients do not lose confidence in themselves, must actively accept reasonable treatment, esophageal cancer metastasis is generally in the middle and late stage, at this time the best treatment is traditional Chinese medicine treatment, but to find more experienced doctors.