Patients with esophageal cancer should pay attention to their symptoms in time

In recent years, esophageal cancer has been plaguing the bodies of most patients, adding a lot of trouble to their daily lives. However, many patients do not care about the symptoms of early esophageal cancer, which makes them miss the best time for treatment. Therefore, everyone should understand the symptoms of esophageal cancer in advance so that they can cooperate with treatment in time. The following is an introduction to the specific manifestations of the symptoms of esophageal cancer.

Symptoms of esophageal cancer include:

1. Pain: Chest pain or back pain is one of the common symptoms of middle and late stage esophageal cancer. The pain is dull, burning, or stabbing, and may be accompanied by a feeling of heaviness. Chest and back pain is often caused by external invasion of cancer, leading to esophagitis, mediastinitis, and even involving adjacent organs, nerves, and paraspinal tissues.

2. Dry throat: 1/3 of patients complain of dryness and tightness in the throat, difficulty swallowing food or slight pain, especially when swallowing dry or rough food. This is also one of the symptoms of esophageal cancer.

3. Pain or discomfort behind the sternum: About half of the patients with esophageal cancer complain of mild pain or discomfort behind the sternum when swallowing food. The pain is more obvious when swallowing rough, hard, hot or irritating food, and less pain when eating liquid or warm food. The pain is painful when swallowing food, and the pain is relieved or disappears after eating. Some individuals have severe and persistent pain, and the patient feels that the pain site is inconsistent with the lesion in the esophagus.

The above content is the symptoms of esophageal cancer. I hope everyone can understand them one by one. As long as the above symptoms of esophageal cancer are known, patients can find out the disease in time and receive effective treatment. Therefore, if patients want to control the disease as soon as possible, please pay attention to the symptoms of esophageal cancer as soon as possible. Finally, I wish all patients can fight the disease to the end.