What harm does gastric cancer cause to the body

As we all know, gastric cancer not only threatens everyone's life and health, but also makes gastric cancer patients suffer from the disease, causing great harm to patients mentally and physically. On the other hand, a very important reason why many people suffer from gastric cancer is that they do not have a good feeding habit for the stomach. The following is a brief introduction to the harm caused by gastric cancer to the body.

Early gastric cancer may not cause any physical signs. Or there may only be tenderness in the upper abdomen. Most patients with mid- to late-stage gastric cancer will have obvious tenderness in the upper abdomen. One-third of patients can feel a lump in the abdomen, which is hard, uneven, and tender. This is especially true for thin patients with antral cancer, who are more likely to find the lump. Metastatic lesions, such as a lump before the rectum, a lump in the umbilicus, enlarged supraclavicular lymph nodes, and the presence of ascites, are evidence of advanced gastric cancer.

Upper abdominal mass, prerectal crypt mass, umbilical mass, left supraclavicular lymphadenopathy, left axillary lymphadenopathy, ascites, etc. often indicate distant metastasis. Corresponding signs often appear due to different metastatic sites, making the clinical manifestations very complicated. For example, liver metastasis may cause hepatomegaly and jaundice, ovarian metastasis may cause ovarian enlargement and a large amount of ascites, and lung metastasis may cause dyspnea.

1. Bleeding may occur

Patients with gastric cancer are prone to bleeding in their daily lives: Generally, patients with gastric cancer who bleed are young, have a high degree of malignancy, and their condition progresses quickly. Tumor patients have poor peripheral blood supply, are prone to ulcers, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, perforation, and early anemia, often with hematemesis and black stool.

2. Cause indigestion and loss of appetite

Patients with gastric damage may suffer from indigestion and loss of appetite. Patients with gastric cancer, especially young patients, have very hidden symptoms in the early stages of the disease. Symptoms of the disease, such as abdominal discomfort, indigestion, and loss of appetite, are often considered gastritis or peptic ulcers. Pregnant women with gastric cancer are easily misdiagnosed as having pregnancy reactions.

3. Gastric cancer progresses rapidly, metastasizes early, and has a poor prognosis

After gastric cancer patients become ill, the disease progresses, early metastasis, and the prognosis of gastric cancer patients: young age, short course of disease, only one and a half years as the shortest course, a considerable number of patients have metastasis and more extensive at the time of her diagnosis, and cachexia occurs quickly.

4. It will cause mental damage to patients

Patients with mental damage caused by gastric injury are prone to mental pessimism due to the physical injuries of cancer patients. However, as the disease progresses, the condition will become more and more serious, causing a double blow to the patient's physical, mental and physical health. It is very easy to cause great trauma to a person and is not conducive to rehabilitation treatment.

Friendly reminder: The harm of gastric cancer described in the above article is very alarming, so we must learn to improve our bad living habits, including eating and resting habits, and actively do preventive work. And if you find any discomfort in your body, you must check it out as soon as possible and take appropriate treatment measures.