Cachexia after esophagectomy?

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The study found that in the middle and late stage of esophageal cancer, the patients had difficulty swallowing, solid food could not be swallowed smoothly, or they were washed with soup and then swallowed, followed by the semi liquid diet was also blocked, finally they had difficulty swallowing into the liquid diet, and then they had chest pain or back pain, esophageal cancer, advanced esophageal cancer,. Cachexia after esophagectomy? Let's talk about it

Cachexia after esophagectomy?

The study found that in the middle and advanced stage of esophageal cancer, the patient had difficulty swallowing, solid food could not be swallowed smoothly, or after being washed with soup, then the semi liquid diet was also blocked, and finally he had difficulty swallowing into the liquid diet, and then he had chest pain or back pain, vomiting mucus, neck and supraclavicular mass. Vocal cord paralysis occurs when the tumor directly invades or metastases the recurrent laryngeal nerve, leading to hoarseness, bleeding, shortness of breath and dry cough.

In addition, when a wide range of systemic cancer cell metastasis, it will induce jaundice, ascites, liver dysfunction, dyspnea, cough, headache, coma and other symptoms, serious cases will appear esophageal obstruction or complete obstruction, leading to systemic failure. Therefore, early detection, early diagnosis and early treatment are the key to the treatment of esophageal cancer.

To improve the early detection and diagnosis of esophageal cancer, it is necessary to popularize the knowledge of esophageal cancer in the general population, and conduct the examination at least once a year for the high-risk group, and once every three months for those with high-risk symptoms. The examination methods include esophageal cytology, esophageal X-ray examination, esophagoscopy, serological examination including carcinoembryonic antigen and squamous cell carcinoma antigen, among which esophagoscopy is particularly important.

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.