Late stage symptoms of cancer

summary

The late pre death symptoms of gastric cancer usually have a series of clinical manifestations, such as cachexia, extreme weight loss, bleeding and so on. When complicated with gastrointestinal bleeding, generally small amount of bleeding, bleeding is relatively rare. About 5% of patients may have massive hemorrhage, manifested as hematemesis and (or) melena, occasionally as the first symptom.

Late stage symptoms of cancer

Can appear dizziness, palpitation, tarry stool, vomit brown matter. When the common bile duct is pressed by abdominal metastasis of gastric cancer, jaundice and clay color of stool may appear. Pyloric obstruction is more common in gastric cancer originated from pyloric and cardia. Gastric cancer at the bottom of the stomach extends to the cardia or esophagus, causing obstruction of the lower esophagus. Tumors adjacent to the pylorus are easy to cause pylorus obstruction. Vomiting may occur, and distended stomach type, smelling and shaking water sound can be seen in the upper abdomen. Diffuse peritonitis caused by perforation of cancer is less common than benign ulcer. It can be seen in ulcerative gastric cancer, mostly in pyloric precursor ulcerative cancer, perforation without adhesion cover, can cause peritonitis. Abdominal muscle stiffness, abdominal tenderness and other peritoneal irritation may occur.

The formation of gastrointestinal fistula, see the discharge of indigestible food. The late pre death symptoms of gastric cancer usually have a series of clinical manifestations, such as cachexia, extreme weight loss, bleeding and so on. Emaciation and anemia: according to the statistics of relevant experts, about 90% of the patients suffer from emaciation, which often causes attention only when they lose more than 3kg. Then progressive emaciation is more obvious, and some can reach more than 5kg.

Experts also found that about half of the patients with anemia, limb weakness and other symptoms, advanced gastric cancer patients with abdominal pain is obvious and lasting for a long time, not easy to relieve as the main symptoms. Because of the individual differences of patients, the degree of pain is also different. The severe patients may have swelling pain, edema, dull pain, sharp pain and other manifestations, which can not be relieved after eating, and the symptoms are often aggravated.

matters needing attention

The principle of gastric cancer diet to protect the gastric mucosa, avoid high salt, hard, too hot, binge, overeating, to eat less and more meals, regular quantitative, easy to digest diet. Fresh food, eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, increase the intake of high-quality protein.