Early symptoms of gastric cancer

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I used to be in good health. I didn't have any disease, but my personal habits were very bad. I often ate instant noodles. As a result, I got gastric cancer now, and now I have been treated in the hospital. The disease has also been controlled to a certain extent. For the early symptoms of gastric cancer, let me tell you.

Early symptoms of gastric cancer

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

For patients with malignant cancer, the possibility of cure is not high, so medical treatment is not the main problem, at this time, whether the patient's life is comfortable is important. Such as wet sheets, physical discomfort, emotional and psychological needs. So nursing is the key, health is a comprehensive concept, including social, psychological, spiritual and physical factors. We have to take care of patients with advanced gastric cancer from social, psychological, mental and physical factors.