What to do if you can't eat due to esophageal cancer? Use these four methods to treat it

Patients with esophageal cancer can solve the problem of being unable to eat by placing a stent in the esophagus, or inject photosensitizers to promote tumor necrosis and alleviate symptoms of esophageal obstruction. Another method is to supplement nutrition and energy through intravenous nutrition or jejunostomy.

Esophageal cancer is a common malignant tumor in clinical practice. If the tumor is relatively large, it will block the lumen of the esophagus, causing difficulty in swallowing. In severe cases, people may even be unable to eat. So what should we do if we cannot eat due to esophageal cancer?
1. Placing an esophageal stent <br/>Placing an esophageal stent can solve the problem of being unable to eat due to esophageal cancer. Placing the stent at the site of esophageal obstruction can expand the blocked esophagus and keep it open, making it easier to eat.
2. Photodynamic therapy <br/>Photodynamic therapy can also improve the inability to eat caused by esophageal cancer. Simply put, it is to inject photosensitizers. The characteristic of photosensitizers is selective absorption. If tumor cells absorb photosensitizers, necrosis often occurs, which can alleviate the symptoms of esophageal obstruction.
3. Intravenous nutrition <br/>If the esophageal cancer patient is unable to eat, the nutrient solution can be converted into medicine and then injected into the body through intravenous injection to enable the body to obtain sufficient energy.
4. Jejunostomy <br/>A jejunostomy can be done through the abdomen. Simply put, a jejunal nutrition tube is placed into the jejunum, then led out through the abdominal wall and fixed, so that enteral nutrition can be carried out.