Nursing diagnosis method for esophageal cancer

The causes and treatments of esophageal cancer are relatively complicated, so patients should detect it early and receive treatment as soon as possible. What are the diagnostic methods for esophageal cancer? If the patient is not particularly clear, the following introduction can help reduce diagnostic detours and determine the condition as early as possible. Let's learn about the nursing diagnosis of esophageal cancer.

1. Examination of esophageal function: Esophageal motility test: esophageal pressure measurement, suitable for patients suspected of esophageal motility disorder; acid clearance test, used to measure the peristaltic efficiency of the esophageal body to eliminate acid. Gastroesophageal reflux test: esophageal acid perfusion test; 24-hour esophageal pH monitoring; lower esophageal sphincter manometry test.

2. Esophageal exfoliated cytology examination: The esophageal exfoliated cytology examination method is simple, easy to operate, safe, less painful for patients, and the accuracy rate is over 90%. It is an important method for large-scale esophageal cancer screening. However, patients with bleeding and bleeding tendency of esophageal cancer or those with esophageal varices should not undergo esophageal cytology examination; patients with deep esophageal ulcers on esophageal cancer X-rays or those with hypertension, heart disease and late pregnancy should be cautious in esophageal cytology examination; patients with poor general condition and excessive weakness should improve their general condition before examination; patients with acute inflammation of the upper respiratory tract and upper digestive tract should control the infection before examination.

3. Differential diagnosis: In addition to medical history, symptoms and signs, the diagnosis of esophageal cancer depends largely on X-ray and endoscopic examinations, and the final diagnosis needs to be confirmed by histopathology. Esophageal cancer needs to be differentiated from benign and other malignant tumors of the esophagus.

4. X-ray barium meal examination: one of the diagnostic methods for esophageal cancer, it can provide reliable data for the study of early esophageal cancer. Combined with cytology and esophageal endoscopy, it can improve the accuracy of esophageal cancer diagnosis. X-ray barium meal examination of esophageal cancer not only determines the location, length and degree of obstruction of the lesion, but also determines whether the esophageal lesion has invaded and the scope of invasion.

5. CT examination: CT scan can clearly show the relationship between the esophagus and the adjacent mediastinal organs, but it is difficult to detect early esophageal cancer. Combining CT with X-ray examinations can help improve the diagnosis and staging of esophageal cancer.

Generally speaking, patients can control their condition well through the above five diagnostic methods, thus helping doctors determine the treatment plan for the disease, allowing patients to control the progression of the disease as soon as possible, or even cure it. In addition, esophageal cancer patients must have enough confidence to fight the disease, and their family members can encourage them.