Early symptoms of esophageal cancer

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Esophageal cancer is a kind of terrible malignant tumor. The harm of esophageal cancer to patients is very great. My uncle has been diagnosed with esophageal cancer recently. In daily life, there are often symptoms of foreign body sensation in the throat. Now I will share the early symptoms of esophageal cancer with you.

Early symptoms of esophageal cancer

Symptom 1: swelling or slight pain after sternum. 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.

Symptom 2: stagnation or frustration of swallowing, that is, when the patient swallows food, he seems to have the feeling of temporary stagnation and frustration in a certain part. This situation is not persistent, and only gradually becomes obvious after the development of the disease.

Symptom 3: chest distension or tightness, and often accompanied by a dry throat. The patient complained that there was always a stuffy phenomenon in the front of the chest, which seemed to be blocked by an object, making the chest feel tight, especially when swallowing food.

matters needing attention

Patients with esophageal cancer should have a positive and optimistic attitude to face and treat this disease. Before radiotherapy, we should first do a good job in patients' ideological work, so that patients can understand radiotherapy and avoid tension and fear. Secondly, we should improve the general situation, pay attention to nutrition allocation, improve local conditions and avoid local infection.