Is obvious emaciation a symptom of advanced gastric cancer?

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Is obvious emaciation a symptom of advanced gastric cancer? This is the concern of many patients with gastric cancer and their families. The main symptoms of advanced gastric cancer include changes in the nature of pain, obvious emaciation, fixed mass and unexplained black stool. Here is a detailed introduction.

Is obvious emaciation a symptom of advanced gastric cancer?

1. Changes in the nature of pain. Ulcer disease is characterized by regular pain. Gastric ulcer is satiety pain. The pain appears in half an hour to 2 hours after meal and disappears before the next meal. Duodenal ulcer is a kind of hunger pain, also known as empty abdominal pain. The pain usually appears 3-4 hours after a meal and lasts until the next meal. After eating, the pain can be relieved or completely disappeared. Some patients may have nocturnal pain. If the ulcer occurs in the pyloric part of the stomach close to the duodenum, the rhythm of pain is the same as that of duodenal ulcer. Once the nature of gastric ulcer pain changes and becomes persistent pain or alleviates, we should be alert to the possibility of canceration and go to the hospital for examination as soon as possible. 　

2. Obviously thin. All patients over 40 years old with gastric ulcer have short-term symptoms such as loss of appetite, meat aversion, nausea, vomiting, vomiting, overnight food or dark red food, poor nutritional status, obvious weight loss, fatigue and weakness, and the effect of drug treatment becomes worse, which may be the signal of malignant transformation. 　　

3. There is a fixed mass. Some patients with gastric ulcer can feel the mass in their heart socket, which is hard and the surface is not smooth. Moreover, the mass increases rapidly and the pressure is painful. With the increase of mass, vomiting also increased, this situation is mostly malignant.

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Generally, black stool can be seen after eating a large amount of pig, sheep, chicken and other animal blood, and also after taking certain drugs. If the ulcer patient has unexplained black stool, or the stool test continues to have blood, special attention should be paid and further investigation should be made. This is often the precursor symptom of malignant transformation.