What symptom does gastric cancer have

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I have a friend who went to see her a few days ago. I haven't seen her for a long time. When I saw her, I was shocked. She was very thin and deformed. She used to be a very energetic person. It's really sad to know that she has gastric cancer. Patients with this disease should be treated as soon as possible. Now I'll tell you about the symptoms of gastric cancer.

What symptom does gastric cancer have

First, most patients with early gastric cancer have no obvious symptoms, and a few have nausea, vomiting or upper gastrointestinal symptoms similar to ulcer disease. Pain and weight loss are the most common clinical symptoms of advanced gastric cancer. Patients often have more specific upper gastrointestinal symptoms, such as abdominal discomfort, fullness after eating, with the progress of the disease, upper abdominal pain, loss of appetite, fatigue.

Second, according to the location of the tumor, there are also special manifestations. Gastric cancer of cardia and fundus may have retrosternal pain and progressive dysphagia; gastric cancer near pylorus may have pylorus obstruction; gastrointestinal bleeding symptoms such as hematemesis and melena may occur after tumor destroys blood vessels. Persistent abdominal pain often indicates tumor expansion beyond the gastric wall, such as supraclavicular lymphadenopathy, ascites, jaundice, abdominal mass, anterior rectal fossa and mass.

Third: can appear pain, nausea, vomiting, dyspnea, incontinence and other symptoms. It is suggested that the patients should go to the oncology department of a regular hospital, improve the examination items, actively cooperate with the doctor for treatment, the first choice is surgery, supplemented by radiotherapy, chemotherapy and other adjuvant treatment.

matters needing attention

Most folk prescriptions have no scientific basis, so patients should not easily believe that trying them may have a worse impact on their health. It is suggested that patients should not be impatient and insist on scientific treatment in regular hospitals, which is the best for their health.