What are the clinical symptoms of advanced esophageal cancer

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Uncle always has dysphagia recently, and the throat is also particularly painful, the body looks particularly weak, digestive function has also been abnormal. I went to the hospital for a thorough examination and was in advanced stage of esophageal cancer. Next, I'd like to talk about the clinical symptoms of advanced esophageal cancer?

What are the clinical symptoms of advanced esophageal cancer

First: esophageal cancer is most common, usually always feel something attached to the esophageal wall, swallowing, especially when solid food has a whimper, can disappear and relapse, it is easy to be mistaken for functional symptoms. Pharyngeal dryness and constriction in patients with precancerous esophagus may be accompanied by slight pain, which is often associated with emotional fluctuations. Esophageal cancer has the symptoms of throat dryness or tightness. At this time, the patient feels that the neck is tight, the throat is dry, and the food is not good for swallowing, sometimes accompanied by slight pain.

Second: Esophageal Precancerous vomiting after eating, vomiting is often caused by eating, vomit is a lot of mucus and food. This is because under the stimulation of tumor, the contraction of gastric antrum and pylorus area is closed, the stomach reverses peristalsis, the tension of stomach body and fundus is reduced, then the cardia is opened, finally the diaphragm and abdominal muscle contract suddenly, and the abdominal pressure increases suddenly, which makes the chyme of stomach discharge through esophagus and pharynx. In hypopharyngeal stage, there are hidden pain and burning pain behind the sternum, and severe pain is rare. Most of them occur after hypopharyngeal stage. 1 / 5 of them have obvious pain behind the sternum at the beginning of the disease.

Third: some esophageal cancer patients have swallowing pain, sternal or scapular pain when swallowing food. According to the location of the tumor, it is suggested that it has been caused by esophagitis, mediastinitis or deep esophageal ulcer. The pain caused by lower thoracic tumors can occur in the infraxiphoid or upper abdomen. If there is persistent chest and back pain, it is usually caused by cancer invasion and (or) compression of pleura and spinal nerve.

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Patients with advanced esophageal cancer always have difficulty in swallowing, and the main obstacle is that they don't have a big sense of food before swallowing. In addition, some patients will have back pain and so on. It is suggested that patients should be treated as soon as possible to prolong the survival period.