What are the manifestations of esophageal cancer

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Some time ago, I went to visit my grandmother as usual. My grandmother said that she felt very uncomfortable recently because she felt uncomfortable swallowing food when eating. You said I took her to the hospital for examination, and the doctor said Grandma had esophageal cancer. Today, I'd like to talk about the manifestations of esophageal cancer.

What are the manifestations of esophageal cancer

First, the early symptoms are often not obvious, but when swallowing coarse and hard food, there may be different degrees of discomfort, including choking sensation of swallowing food, burning, needling or traction and friction pain behind the sternum. Food passes slowly with a sense of stagnation or foreign matter. Choking stagnation is usually relieved by swallowing water. The symptoms were mild and severe, and the progress was slow.

Second: in the middle and advanced stage, the typical symptom of esophageal cancer is progressive dysphagia, first is difficult to swallow dry food, then semi liquid food, and finally water and saliva can not be swallowed. Often spit mucoid sputum, saliva for the hypopharynx and esophageal secretions. The patient gradually became thin, dehydrated and weak. Persistent chest or back pain is an advanced symptom, and the cancer has invaded extra esophageal tissue.

Third: when the inflammatory edema caused by cancer obstruction subsides temporarily, or part of the cancer falls off, the symptoms of obstruction can be alleviated temporarily, often mistaken for improvement. If the cancer invades the recurrent laryngeal nerve, hoarseness may occur; if it oppresses the cervical sympathetic ganglion, Horner syndrome may occur; if it invades the trachea and bronchus, esophageal, tracheal or bronchial fistula may be formed, severe cough may occur when swallowing water or food, and respiratory system infection may occur.

matters needing attention

Esophageal cancer patients to the late stage is very uncomfortable, because cancer cells will fill the esophagus, resulting in patients with esophageal cancer can not eat normally, so need to take nutritional injections to maintain life, so it is best to take surgical methods to treat esophageal cancer, so that patients can recover as soon as possible.