If you want to stay away from stomach cancer, do this check before the age of 40

Gastric cancer is a malignant tumor that occurs in the gastric mucosa. It ranks second in incidence among common malignant tumors in my country. According to data from the National Cancer Center in 2018, about 498,000 people die from gastric cancer each year, almost one every minute. The increasing incidence, younger age and high mortality rate of gastric cancer are the grim reality faced by Chinese residents. Since people over 50 years old are at a high risk of gastric cancer, screening for gastric cancer at around 40 years old is a good time to detect early gastric cancer.

This opportunity is fleeting. Once you miss it, you will regret it for the rest of your life.

Although stomach cancer is terrible, it is much easier to treat in the early stages. "Early stage stomach cancer has a 90% chance of survival and a 10% chance of death, while late stage stomach cancer has a 90% chance of death and a 10% chance of death."

Not to mention that the cost of treating early-stage cancer is much lower, the lesions can usually be removed through gastroscopy, without having to endure the pain of surgery and chemotherapy for advanced gastric cancer.

Gastric cancer may have no symptoms in its early stages

The so-called early signs of gastric cancer circulated on the Internet are actually not “early”!

The early symptoms of gastric cancer are very hidden, that is, there are no symptoms. It is difficult for doctors or patients to judge from the symptoms and signs;

In the early stages, there may be some non-specific symptoms, such as abdominal distension, acid reflux, heartburn, belching, hiccups, stomach pain, etc. Most of them are very similar to common stomach problems, so they are often treated simply as minor problems or simply ignored.

Only in the advanced or late stages will there be more obvious symptoms, such as weight loss, anemia, lumps, vomiting blood, abdominal pain, black stools, etc.

Almost all of us have experienced upper abdominal discomfort at some time or another, and this is usually due to "common stomach problems." Sometimes this discomfort is caused by gastritis or gastric ulcers, and sometimes it is a manifestation of gastric motility or dysfunction.

Therefore, don't be too nervous when you feel uncomfortable.

Unfortunately, gastric cancer is often asymptomatic in its early stages or only causes upper abdominal discomfort, which is similar to the symptoms of benign diseases and is not easy to attract people's attention. As a result, most patients currently miss the good opportunity to diagnose and treat gastric cancer. By the time gastric cancer sends clear signals to the body, the disease has already reached its progressive stage.