Typical symptoms of advanced esophageal cancer?

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Esophageal cancer is one of the major cancers in our society, but many people don't know the symptoms of esophageal cancer in the early stage, so they miss the best treatment time. Esophageal cancer is a common disease, which seriously affects people's life and health. Therefore, everyone should do a good job in the prevention of esophageal cancer. Typical symptoms of advanced esophageal cancer? Let's talk about it

Typical symptoms of advanced esophageal cancer?

Dysphagia and progressive dysphagia are the main symptoms of most patients, but they are the late manifestations of the disease. Because the esophageal wall is elastic and expansible, dysphagia occurs only when about 2 / 3 of the circumference of the esophagus is infiltrated by the cancer. Therefore, after the early symptoms, the disease gradually worsened within a few months, from unable to swallow solid food to unable to swallow liquid food. Such as cancer with esophageal wall inflammation, edema, spasm, etc., can aggravate dysphagia. The location of obstruction is often consistent with the location of hand cancer.

Food reaction often occurs when dysphagia worsens, the reflux is not large, containing food and mucus, but also blood and pus. Some patients with esophageal cancer, in advanced esophageal cancer will be prone to swallowing pain, sternal or scapular pain.

Other symptoms: when the recurrent laryngeal nerve is compressed by the cancer, hoarseness may be caused; when the phrenic nerve is invaded, Hiccup or phrenic nerve paralysis may be caused; when the trachea or bronchus is compressed, shortness of breath and dry cough may occur; when the aorta is eroded, fatal bleeding may occur. When esophago tracheal or esophago bronchial fistulas or cancer located in the upper part of the esophagus, swallowing liquid can often produce cervical sympathetic paralysis syndrome.

matters needing attention

Patients with advanced cancer have a weak constitution and can no longer afford surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. It is the most important for cancer patients to choose the appropriate treatment. For the patients who are old, weak or unable to operate, radiotherapy or chemotherapy, 5A multi cell targeted biological immunotherapy can also significantly control the proliferation and spread of tumor, relieve pain, improve the immune function, enhance disease resistance, improve the quality of life and prolong life.