How to detect the symptoms of esophageal cancer early

After the symptoms of esophageal cancer appear, they generally do not change much for a long time. Due to the complexity of the causes of the disease and the difficulty of prevention, the symptoms of esophageal cancer need to be discovered and treated in time, and the best time for treatment must not be missed.

1. Dysphagia

The main symptoms of esophageal cancer include progressive dysphagia, which eventually develops into difficulty drinking water and even difficulty passing saliva. This is a symptom of esophageal cancer.

2. Foreign body sensation

The esophagus has a foreign body sensation or a feeling of food retention. The foreign body sensation is often a subtle tightening and stuffiness behind the sternum, which has no obvious relationship with eating and can be intermittent or continuous. This is one of the most common symptoms of esophageal cancer.

3. Pain behind the sternum

It is more common when eating rough food, and it is a stabbing, burning or friction-like pain behind the sternum or under the xiphoid process. It can be relieved by taking spasmolytics. The patient's pain site and lesion site are often inconsistent. This is also a symptom of esophageal cancer.

These are the main symptoms of esophageal cancer. It can be seen that the symptoms of esophageal cancer are relatively obvious, and the development is also very slow. It is not difficult to detect it in time, so it is also very likely to be cured in terms of treatment. When the symptoms of esophageal cancer appear, patients do not need to have too much psychological burden.