How long does it take to be hospitalized for gastric cancer surgery

The treatment of gastric cancer is the same as most other tumors. It should be treated with the pace of comprehensive treatment. Various treatments need to learn from each other, be harmonious, and be reasonably decorated to achieve the best results. Complications such as gastrointestinal fistula, abdominal infection, and cardiopulmonary disease rarely occur during postoperative recovery. The recovery time is relatively long, and it may even take 1-3 months to fully recover. Gastric cancer surgery generally requires at least one month of hospitalization.

What are the characteristics of early gastric cancer?

Clinically, the characteristics of early gastric cancer mainly include the following aspects: patients with early gastric cancer do not have typical clinical symptoms. As the disease progresses, patients may show upper abdominal pain. Some patients may also show abdominal distension, nausea, vomiting, anemia, and weight loss. At this time, sufficient attention must be paid. Most patients with early gastric cancer do not have obvious symptoms, only mild indigestion symptoms, such as upper abdominal discomfort, mild pain, nausea, etc. These symptoms are not gastric cancer, but can be seen in chronic gastritis, ulcers, functional indigestion, and even occasionally in normal people, so early gastric cancer is not easy to detect. Gastric cancer usually manifests as early vomiting.

How to relieve pain in advanced gastric cancer?

If patients with advanced gastric cancer have symptoms of stomach pain, acid reflux and heartburn, they can take some drugs that inhibit gastric acid secretion for symptomatic treatment. If the pain of advanced gastric cancer is severe, they should go to the hospital for pain relief in time and take painkillers under the guidance of a doctor. If the pain is unbearable and affects normal sleep and rest, it is recommended to use strong opioid analgesics such as morphine, oxycodone, fentanyl, etc.