Analysis of common symptoms of esophageal cancer

Esophageal cancer is a common disease. Patients with esophageal cancer have great difficulty in diet. The symptoms are different at different stages. A clear understanding of the symptoms of esophageal cancer is of great help in timely treatment of the disease. The following is an introduction to the common symptoms of esophageal cancer by relevant experts.

Symptoms of esophageal cancer include:

1. There is always a feeling of something existing in the esophagus: The patient feels that rice grains or vegetable slices in the esophagus are attached to the food wall and cannot be swallowed or spit out. Even if there is no swallowing action, it feels like there is something inside. The location of the thing is consistent with the location of the esophageal lesion.

2. The patient always feels that he cannot swallow food: he often has increased saliva and swallowing discomfort. He can usually eat normal food, but sometimes he feels stagnant when swallowing food. The occurrence of symptoms is often related to the patient's mood swings.

3. Reflex pain of lesions: About half of the patients have mild pain or discomfort behind the sternum when swallowing food. The pain is obvious when swallowing rough, hard food, hot food or irritating food. The pain is milder when swallowing liquid or warm food. The pain is relieved or disappears after eating. Some individuals have severe and persistent pain and spit out food immediately after swallowing.

4. Dry throat: One-third of patients feel dryness and tightness in the throat, difficulty swallowing food or slight pain, which is more obvious when eating dry or rough food. This is one of the common symptoms of esophageal cancer.

5. Food swallowed seems to always be in the esophagus, and the same feeling also occurs when drinking water. In addition, some patients have symptoms such as back heaviness and belching. In the middle stage, there may be symptoms of malnutrition and weight loss. In the late stage, malnutrition worsens, weight loss and dehydration. Signs caused by tumor metastasis appear, such as supraclavicular lymph node enlargement, compression of the superior vena cava, causing superior vena cava compression syndrome; liver metastasis causes jaundice and ascites, etc.

The above is an introduction to the common symptoms of esophageal cancer. If you have any of the above symptoms, you must go to the hospital for treatment in time. If you want to know more about esophageal cancer, please consult an online expert.

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