Can B ultrasound detect esophageal cancer

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My mother's health is really getting worse and worse. She can't take care of herself in recent years, and she always feels pain when eating. So I took her to the hospital for examination and found that it was esophageal cancer. Today, let me talk with you about whether B ultrasound can detect esophageal cancer.

Can B ultrasound detect esophageal cancer

First: B-ultrasound is mainly to check whether the parenchymal organs are normal, such as whether there are liver cancer, kidney cancer and other diseases, but the role is limited, B-ultrasound can not check whether there are lung problems, so if it is abdominal discomfort, you can do abdominal B-ultrasound examination, chest is generally a photo examination.

Second: B-ultrasound examination can obtain the image of the organs to be examined, and can directly observe the shape, especially for the liver, kidney, uterus and ovary, which has a very good test effect, and can quickly find the tumors in these parts, but B-ultrasound also has its limitations that are difficult to overcome.

Third: esophageal X-ray barium meal examination can show barium stagnation at the point of cancer, narrow barium flow in the lesion section, rigidity and peristalsis of esophageal wall, thickening and disorder of mucosal lines, rough edge, narrow and irregular esophageal cavity, mild dilatation of upper obstruction, and ulcerative niche and defect of abandoned surplus.

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In fact, the early stage of esophageal cancer will also send us some warning signals and mild symptoms. However, because the symptoms appear and disappear from time to time without treatment, they are ignored by patients and doctors and fail to be confirmed by further examination. After that, the best time for treatment is lost.