Symptoms of esophageal cancer at different stages

For patients at different stages of esophageal cancer, the symptoms are also different. Below, we will learn in detail about the symptoms of esophageal cancer at different stages.

1. Early symptoms of esophageal cancer. Generally, early cases do not cause dysphagia, but may cause choking when swallowing food, stabbing pain or burning sensation behind the sternum, and a foreign body sensation in the esophagus.

2. For patients with advanced esophageal cancer, the following clinical manifestations will occur: The typical symptom of esophageal cancer is progressive dysphagia, first with difficulty swallowing dry food, then semi-liquid food, and finally with difficulty swallowing water and saliva. The patient gradually loses weight and becomes dehydrated.

3. When the tumor develops to the late stage, common symptoms include: patients may experience obvious weight loss, fatigue, anemia and hypoproteinemia. If the tumor invades the recurrent laryngeal nerve, hoarseness may occur; if it invades the intercostal nerves, it may cause persistent chest and back pain; if it invades the trachea, it may form an esophageal tracheal fistula, causing coughing and lung infection; if the tumor invades the aorta, it may cause massive bleeding.

Clinically, common physical signs of esophageal cancer patients include: visceral enlargement, supraclavicular lymph node enlargement, liver pleuroplasty, ascites, etc.

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