The symptoms of advanced esophageal cancer before death?

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Generally, there is no obvious symptom in the early stage of esophageal cancer, so many people are in the middle and late stage when they find it. This disease will bring great pain and difficulty to patients, and increase the difficulty in treatment. This disease can be completely prevented and controlled in our daily life, So these diseases are closely related to our daily diet and living habits, and many patients with advanced esophageal cancer will have different symptoms before they die. Let's learn about them today.

The symptoms of advanced esophageal cancer before death?

Dysphagia: progressive dysphagia is the main symptom of most patients, but it is the late manifestation of the disease. When the cancer oppresses the recurrent laryngeal nerve, it can cause hoarseness; Invasion of phrenic nerve can cause hiccup or phrenic nerve paralysis; Pressing the trachea or bronchus can cause shortness of breath and dry cough; Erosion of the aorta can cause fatal bleeding.

There will be pain hiccup: Food reflux is also a symptom of esophageal cancer patients before death. It often appears when dysphagia worsens, and the reflux is not large. It contains food and mucus, and can also contain blood and pus. It also belongs to the pre death symptoms of advanced esophageal cancer. There may also be vomiting, respiratory symptoms.

Systemic failure: cachexia, dehydration, systemic failure. This is due to the obstruction of esophageal cancer, the patient's inability to drip water and systemic consumption. The cancer infiltrates the esophagus and invades the mediastinum, trachea, bronchus, lung, pericardium and great vessels, causing mediastinitis, lung abscess, esophago tracheal fistula and fatal massive hemorrhage.

matters needing attention

Usually the diet should be light, the patients with esophageal cancer should be light, rich in nutrition, clear, soft and moist, easy to swallow food is appropriate, and usually don't eat too hot food, it will easily stimulate the esophageal tube, will aggravate the disease, life should be regular, to ensure adequate sleep.