What are the early symptoms of gastric cancer

Gastric cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world and the second most common tumor in China. It is the most common digestive tract malignancy and even ranks among the top of all human malignancies. Early gastric cancer is usually asymptomatic or has only mild symptoms. When clinical symptoms are obvious, the disease is already in the late stage. Therefore, we must be very alert to the early symptoms of gastric cancer to avoid delaying diagnosis and treatment.

In clinical practice, nearly half of patients with early gastric cancer have no clinical symptoms, and only some have symptoms such as mild indigestion, such as dull pain and discomfort in the upper abdomen, slight fullness, pain, nausea, belching, etc. These symptoms are not unique to gastric cancer and can be seen in chronic gastritis, ulcer disease, functional dyspepsia, and even normal people occasionally experience them, resulting in a low early diagnosis rate of gastric cancer.

So what are the symptoms of gastric cancer in the early stage? Experts remind that the symptoms of early gastric cancer are as follows:

1. More than 80% of patients will experience upper abdominal pain and hollow pain in the pit of the stomach. This pain is not severe and is tolerable. It has nothing to do with eating and is easy to manifest when resting quietly.

2. About 1/3 of patients experience stomach distension, upper abdominal discomfort, loss of appetite, indigestion, and heartburn;

3. Anorexia, especially aversion to meat, especially fatty meat. About 50% of patients who used to love fatty meat suddenly hate it. Due to eating less and anorexia, patients may lose weight quickly in a short period of time. Although some patients do not have obvious digestive system symptoms, they may experience unexplained weight loss, emaciation and fatigue.

4. Some patients experience symptoms such as heartburn, nausea, vomiting, belching or black stools.

When gastric cancer develops to the middle and late stages, symptoms such as upper abdominal pain, gastrointestinal bleeding, perforation, pyloric obstruction, weight loss, fatigue, metabolic disorders, and corresponding symptoms caused by the spread and metastasis of the cancer are common.

The above are the early symptoms of gastric cancer that we introduced to you today. Expert Tips: If your health shows symptoms of disease, you can choose the appropriate treatment according to your symptoms, but do not delay diagnosis, and do not let your life be ruined in hesitation. You should go to a regular hospital for medical treatment in time to avoid delaying the disease and causing serious consequences. If you have other questions, please consult our online experts or call for consultation. Believe in miracles, and wish you health, happiness, and joy!

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