Symptoms of carcinoma of gastric fundus and cardia

summary

Gastric cardia cancer is an adenocarcinoma that occurs in the gastric cardia, which is about 2cm below the boundary between esophagus and stomach. It is a special type of gastric cancer and should be distinguished from lower esophageal cancer. But different from other parts of gastric cancer, it has its own anatomical and histological characteristics and clinical manifestations, unique diagnosis and treatment methods and poor surgical treatment effect. Let's talk about the symptoms of gastric fundus and cardia cancer.

Symptoms of carcinoma of gastric fundus and cardia

1. Foreign body sensation when swallowing food is the early symptom of cardia cancer. In the process of swallowing, food (especially dry and hard food) passing through the lesion area (the lesion is very small) may produce a foreign body feeling, which is often fixed in a part. Some patients describe it as having the feeling of never swallowing. Because the symptoms are mild and intermittent, it is easy to be neglected by patients.

2. Obstruction: continuous mucus vomiting is caused by the increased secretion of esophageal and salivary glands caused by the infiltration and inflammation of esophageal cancer. Mucus accumulated in the esophagus can flow back, causing cough and even aspiration pneumonia. This is the early symptom of cardiac cancer.

3. Pain: persistent dull pain in the posterior sternum or back scapular area, indicating cancer invasion, causing periesophageal mediastinitis, pain caused by cardiac cancer can occur in the upper abdomen, the possibility of surgical resection is small, it is necessary to pay attention to the possibility of tumor perforation.

matters needing attention

The diet nursing of patients with cardiac cancer is also very important. The diet of patients in the recovery period is very important. Good diet nursing of patients can enhance their immunity and resistance, so as to better fight against cardiac cancer. During this period, the food of patients should be light, with meat and vegetable, with coarse and fine, with coarse and fine food, neither monotonous nor too greasy, It should be easy to digest and absorb. When eating, the environment should be relaxed, the mood should be happy, the food should not be partial, but the food should be avoided. The nursing of cardiac cancer should not overeat.