Brief analysis of the late symptoms of esophageal cancer

Many people may know about esophageal cancer, but they don’t know much about the late symptoms of esophageal cancer. So what are the late symptoms of esophageal cancer ? Here we will introduce the late symptoms of esophageal cancer.

Typically, advanced symptoms of esophageal cancer include:

1. Dysphagia. Progressive dysphagia is the main symptom of most patients when they seek medical treatment, but it is a late-stage symptom of esophageal cancer. 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 the tumor. Therefore, after the above-mentioned late-stage symptoms of esophageal cancer appear, the condition gradually worsens within a few months, from being unable to swallow solid food to being unable to swallow liquid food. If the tumor is accompanied by inflammation, edema, spasm, etc. of the esophageal wall, dysphagia may be aggravated. The location of the obstruction often corresponds to the location of the tumor on the hand.

2. Food reactions often occur when swallowing difficulties worsen. The reflux volume is not large and contains food and mucus. It may also contain blood and pus, which is also one of the late symptoms of esophageal cancer.

3. Other late-stage symptoms of esophageal cancer include hoarseness caused by compression of the recurrent laryngeal nerve by the cancer; hiccups or phrenic nerve paralysis caused by invasion of the phrenic nerve; shortness of breath and dry cough caused by compression of the trachea or bronchi; fatal bleeding and complications of esophageal-tracheal or esophageal-bronchial fistula caused by erosion of the aorta; or cervical sympathetic nerve paralysis symptoms often occur when swallowing liquids when the cancer is located in the upper esophagus.

The above is an explanation of the late symptoms of esophageal cancer. I believe everyone has a preliminary understanding of the late symptoms of esophageal cancer. Once you have esophageal cancer, you must not treat it negatively, so as to avoid irreversible consequences.

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