Symptoms of esophageal cancer extending to the stomach

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Can esophagus cancer transfer to stomach? meeting. The common metastatic symptoms are: dysphagia in patients with constrictive esophageal cancer is the most obvious and typical. Most patients with ulcerative esophageal cancer have no significant dysphagia. Even if the course of disease develops from advanced stage to advanced stage, patients may not have significant dysphagia. The symptoms of dysphagia were not obvious before the tumor completely blocked the lumen or most of the lumen. The majority of patients with medullary esophageal cancer have severe dysphagia symptoms. Sometimes, the tumor size is reduced due to the necrosis and shedding of cancer tissue. Dysphagia symptoms can be temporarily relieved, but the symptoms recur soon after. Dysphagia aggravated with the aggravation of congestion, edema and inflammation in the proximal esophageal mucosa of esophageal cancer. Dysphagia was relieved when it was alleviated or subsided. Let's talk about the symptoms of esophageal cancer extending to the stomach.

Symptoms of esophageal cancer extending to the stomach

First, the early symptoms of esophageal cancer are often not obvious, but there may be different degrees of discomfort when swallowing coarse and hard food, including choking feeling of swallowing food, burning, needling or traction and friction pain behind the sternum. Food passes slowly with a sense of stagnation or foreign matter. Choking stagnation is usually relieved by swallowing water. The symptoms were mild and severe, and the progress was slow.

Second, the typical symptoms of advanced esophageal cancer are progressive dysphagia, first of all, food that is difficult to swallow, then semi liquid food, and finally water and saliva can not be swallowed. Often spit mucoid sputum, saliva for the hypopharynx and esophageal secretions. The patient gradually became thin, dehydrated and weak. Persistent chest or back pain is an advanced symptom, and the cancer has invaded extra esophageal tissue. In physical examination, special attention should be paid to whether there are enlarged supraclavicular lymph nodes, liver mass, ascites, pleural effusion and other distant metastasis signs.

Third, patients with advanced gastric cancer often have more clear upper gastrointestinal symptoms, such as abdominal discomfort, fullness after eating, with the progress of the disease, upper abdominal pain, loss of appetite, fatigue. According to the location of the tumor, there are also special manifestations. Cancer of cardia and fundus of stomach may have retrosternal pain and progressive dysphagia; Gastric cancer near the pylorus showed pyloric obstruction; After the tumor destroys the blood vessel, may have hematemesis, black stool and so on digestive tract hemorrhage symptom.

matters needing attention

1. Don't overeat: as we all know, overeating is extremely bad. There are many sequelae, so we should put an end to it to avoid esophageal cancer! 2. Eat less raw and cold food: for the health of their own esophagus and stomach, we should stay away from eating raw and cold food. Don't eat what you want to eat. As the saying goes, good diseases come from the mouth! Therefore, prevention of esophageal cancer starts from the mouth! 3. Eat more vegetables and fruits: vegetables and fruits are rich in minerals and vitamins, which can not only ensure the sufficiency of trace elements, but also supplement the vitamins needed by the human body, which is of great significance to the prevention of cancer, and it is also an effective method to prevent esophageal cancer. The prevention of esophageal cancer starts from the mouth, and eating more green food is the key. 4. Do not eat moldy food: if moldy food is found, it should be properly handled as soon as possible. Some people will eat some moldy food, but the mold contained in these foods is not only harmful to people's health, the most important thing is that it will reduce nitrosamines to produce high carcinogens, which is very easy to induce cancer. Therefore, in daily life, to prevent esophageal cancer, try not to eat bad food, and try to eat less overnight meals!