Symptoms and manifestations of esophageal cancer?

summary

The early symptoms of esophageal cancer are more common in men over 40 years old. The early symptoms of esophageal cancer can appear alone or in parallel. Some of the early symptoms of esophageal cancer last for a long time, while others occur intermittently. In the early patients, there are only a few patients who have no early symptoms of esophageal cancer, but the symptoms are relatively hidden, which is easy to be ignored. If the early symptoms of esophageal cancer are found, they should seek medical treatment in time, and they should not be taken lightly to delay the disease.

Symptoms and manifestations of esophageal cancer?

The back of sternum is distended or slightly painful. This symptom does not occur continuously, but intermittently or aggravates after fatigue and fast eating. This is because the esophagus itself at any time in peristalsis, only when peristalsis to the lesion site will appear symptoms.

Foreign body sensation when swallowing food. In the process of swallowing, food (especially dry and hard food) passing through the lesion area (the lesion is very small) may produce a foreign body feeling, which is often fixed in a part. Some patients describe it as having the feeling of never swallowing. Because the symptoms are mild and intermittent, it is easy to be neglected by patients.

Stagnation or frustration of swallowing, that is, the patient seems to have the feeling of temporary stagnation and frustration in a certain part when swallowing food. This situation is not persistent, and only gradually becomes obvious after the development of the disease.

matters needing attention

Fullness and mild pain in the heart socket, subxiphoid or upper abdomen were more obvious when fed with dry food, but they did not occur every time. This is often the early symptom of cardiac cancer. The above early symptoms usually last for more than 3 months, but they are not early when they occur frequently and persistently. Before radiotherapy, we should first do a good job in the ideological work of patients, so that patients understand radiotherapy, avoid tension and fear, and then improve the general situation, pay attention to nutrition allocation, improve local conditions, avoid local infection.