Symptoms of gastric ulcer and gastric cancer?

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The distinction between gastric ulcer and gastric cancer is a matter of concern, because gastric ulcer is a relatively pathological change, while gastric cancer is a malignant tumor. Correctly distinguishing the two is not only related to how to choose treatment methods, but also related to the safety of patients. Although gastric ulcer and gastric cancer are two different diseases in nature, there are many similarities in clinical manifestations, especially in "ulcerative gastric cancer", so it is easy to cause misdiagnosis. In order not to delay the disease, not only doctors should master the ability to distinguish the two, but also patients should have some relevant knowledge, so as to enhance their vigilance and try their best to achieve early detection and treatment of cancer.

Symptoms of gastric ulcer and gastric cancer?

As long as careful observation, gastric ulcer and gastric cancer can be distinguished. Age and course of disease gastric ulcer is more common in young adults, 90% of patients have epigastric pain, and periodic attack, each pain can last for several days, weeks or even months, and then a certain period of relief, and then attack again, often delayed for many years.

Gastric cancer is more common in the elderly over 40 years old, and early gastric cancer generally has no obvious discomfort. However, once the symptoms such as epigastric pain appear, they will be gradually aggravated, the disease develops rapidly, and the course of disease is short. Generally speaking, patients with gastric ulcer are in good condition, with acceptable appetite, good response to drug treatment, few anemia and no swelling of lymph nodes; But the stomach cancer patient appetite is bad, the late stage may have no appetite, the whole body progressive emaciation, has anemia. In the late stage, the enlarged lymph nodes can be found on the left clavicle, and sometimes on the upper abdomen. The regular pain of gastric ulcer is closely related to diet, that is, the pain starts half an hour after the meal, lasts for several hours, has a burning feeling, and then gradually disappears, until the above rhythm is found again after the next meal.

Taking basic medicine can relieve the pain. The pain of gastric cancer is irregular and has nothing to do with eating; The nature of pain is uncertain, can be dull pain or severe pain, often have a sense of fullness; In the late stage, the pain was aggravated, mostly persistent, and could not be relieved by taking alkaline drugs.

matters needing attention

Of course, the above discussion is only about general identification. Further examination requires laboratory examination such as gastric juice analysis, exfoliated cells and fecal occult blood, as well as special examination such as X-ray barium meal and gastroscopy. Only when these examinations are compared with the patient's history, symptoms and signs can the doctor draw a correct conclusion. This requires the patient not only as a subject, but also as a collaborator. Numerous facts have proved that a good cooperation between doctors and patients is an important link in improving the diagnosis rate of diseases.