Regardless of men and women, once the 4 "symptoms" appear, be alert to esophageal cancer, accounting for one should also pay attention to!

Esophageal cancer refers to the malignant tumor originated from the esophageal epithelium, which occurs in the middle-aged and elderly people, mostly in men. Once the disease, if early scientific and formal treatment can be given, the 5-year survival rate can reach more than 90%.

But if we enter the middle and late stage, even after comprehensive treatment, the 5-year survival rate of patients will be less than 20%. Therefore, it is very important to find and treat the early symptoms of esophageal cancer.

So, what symptoms will appear in patients with early esophageal cancer?

1. Swallowing obstruction

Obstruction feeling when swallowing is a particularly obvious symptom after suffering from esophageal cancer. Patients in the early stage, due to a small range of esophageal mucosal swelling, congestion or erosion, will make the patient's swallowing some hard food, there will be symptoms of dysphagia.

With the development of the disease, patients will gradually show that even if swallowing some semi liquid, or even liquid food, there will be this sense of obstruction.

When the patient swallows food and has obstruction symptoms, it is also accompanied by the phenomenon that the food is difficult to swallow quickly. After swallowing the food, the food moves to the esophagus very slowly, and the food will be retained in the esophagus. And patients with esophageal parts will appear obvious blockage, as well as foreign body sensation.

2. Throat discomfort

When the patient swallows food, there will be slight pain in the throat.

In addition, the patient's throat parts are also very obvious dry, or tight symptoms. At the same time, patients will appear hoarse phenomenon, and in the throat part will also secrete more viscous secretion.

3. Retrosternal pain

After suffering from esophageal cancer, patients will have the phenomenon of retrosternal pain in the early stage. This kind of pain is generally burning pain, traction and friction pain, or acupuncture pain.

The phenomenon of retrosternal pain is related to the nature of the food the patient eats. If the patient swallows some irritating food, or hard, rough and hot food, the pain will be more obvious. When swallowing some liquid food, the pain will be relieved.

4. Pain under the xiphoid process

In most patients with esophageal cancer in the early stage, there will be some pain under the xiphoid process, which is generally a burning tingling sensation. The pain is not particularly obvious, but it is intermittent and persistent and has nothing to do with eating factors. Generally speaking, when there is pain in the lower part of the xiphoid process, the patient will also have symptoms such as emaciation and anemia. 

If the patient is still not treated at this time, the pain under the xiphoid process will be aggravated, and there will be persistent pain in the patient's scapular area.

All in all, in patients with esophageal cancer, patients will appear in the early stage of the above four more obvious symptoms. Once these symptoms appear, the patients must be treated quickly, otherwise, the cancer cells will spread rapidly, making the patients have difficulties in drinking water, hoarseness, hematemesis, hematochezia and other symptoms, so that the lives of patients are seriously threatened.

In addition, during the treatment and recovery period, the patient must be placed in the diet adjustment, all too hot and cold, hard rough and irritating food are not edible.

In addition, we should pay attention to appropriate drinking water, and adjust the work and rest, mentality and other aspects, for the treatment of esophageal cancer has a certain auxiliary effect.