What are the typical symptoms of esophageal cancer in the late stage?

People want to know the symptoms of esophageal cancer. If people ignore the early symptoms of esophageal cancer, it may develop into symptoms of late-stage esophageal cancer . Do you know what typical symptoms of esophageal cancer are in the late stage? The details are as follows.

Esophageal cancer is a disease caused by daily eating habits. It is relatively common in clinical practice. It not only has a serious impact on people's lives, but also threatens the health of many patients. Since many people are not very familiar with the symptoms of esophageal cancer, they often don't find it until the late stage and go to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment. So what are the symptoms of late esophageal cancer?

The main symptoms of esophageal cancer are as follows:

1. Dysphagia: Progressive dysphagia is a symptom of most esophageal cancers, but it is a late manifestation of the disease. Because the esophageal wall is elastic and has the ability to expand, dysphagia only occurs when about 2/3 of the circumference of the esophagus is infiltrated by cancer.

Therefore, after the above-mentioned symptoms of esophageal cancer appear, the condition gradually worsens within a few months, and develops from being unable to swallow solid food to being unable to swallow liquid food. If the cancer is accompanied by esophageal wall inflammation, edema, spasm, etc., the difficulty in swallowing may be aggravated, and the location of the obstruction feeling often corresponds to the location of the cancer in the hand.

2. Food reflux: Symptoms of esophageal cancer often appear when swallowing difficulties worsen. The reflux volume is not large and contains food and mucus, and may also contain blood and pus.

There are other symptoms of esophageal cancer. When the tumor compresses the recurrent laryngeal nerve, it can cause hoarseness. Invasion of the phrenic nerve can cause hiccups or phrenic nerve paralysis. Compression of the trachea or bronchi can cause shortness of breath and dry cough. Erosion of the aorta can cause fatal bleeding. When complications such as esophageal-tracheal or esophageal-bronchial fistula occur or the tumor is located in the upper esophagus, swallowing liquids often produces symptoms of cervical sympathetic nerve paralysis.

The above is an introduction to the symptoms of esophageal cancer. Do you understand them? I hope that if patients find that they have the disease, timely treatment is the most important thing. Of course, they must face this disease squarely and receive treatment seriously to ensure their health.

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