The insidious cancer disease, which enslaves people of the entire planet, can be diagnosed at an early stage and try to overtake in the struggle for one’s life.
Esophageal carcinoma. Symptoms, signs, diagnosis
Often a person can carry fatal cells in himself and grow them without even realizing it. The first symptom of esophageal cancer most often appears even when the disease is thoroughly rooted in the body.
Only then, alarming calls begin to appear.
Possible symptom of esophageal cancer
Alarms can be:
- difficulty swallowing (dysphagia), a feeling of a stuck food in the esophagus;
- pain during swallowing;
- pain in the chest or back;
- sharp and noticeable weight loss;
- frequent heartburn;
- sharp hoarseness of voice;
- cough that does not go away for several weeks.
Esophageal cancer symptom in more detail
Cunning cancer hides its essence as long as its presence in the body is unstable and easily treatable. As soon as the cancer reaches maturity and launches its sharp claws into other organs in the form of metastases, it begins to demonstrate its primacy in the human body.
First of all, it becomes difficult for the patient to swallow. It all starts with dry fiber food, which in healthy people sometimes causes irritation of the esophagus. However, over time, this pathology becomes frightening forms, a person can not even swallow liquid substances, up to plain water.
Dysphagia in cancer is especially distinguished precisely by its increasing pulsation. If with a physical violation of the structure of the mucosa, for example, when injured, dysphagia will be stable and constant until the pain is eliminated, then with cancer it has a pulsating character and increases with time.
An unpleasant odor from the oral cavity, a bitter-sweet taste in the mouth, and a faded tongue may indicate cancer in the early stages. Further, excessive salivation may appear. Then frequent burping, slight regurgitation, frequent nausea and vomiting immediately after eating.
Already much later, with the development and rooting of cancer, metastases deform the lumen of the esophagus, squeeze, grow together inside it, the mucous membrane is covered with ulcers and decomposes. The pain is localized in the chest area, in the stomach, sometimes manifests from the back. Symptoms of dysphagia aggravate and increase, food causes a burning sensation, scratching in the esophagus.
Following the example of all malignant tumors, cancer of the esophagus deprives a person of vitality and energy. The patient begins to rapidly lose weight and reaches exhaustion.
If at least one alarming symptom of esophageal cancer occurs
Necessary examination:
- Survey radiography with longitudinal tomography: reflects a picture of the condition of the trachea, the largest bronchi, lymph nodes.
- Contrasting the esophagus. A solution of sulfate is introduced, through which the size and texture of the lumen of the esophagus, its width and contracting ability are evaluated.
- An X-ray contrast study of the stomach is performed to analyze the condition of the stomach in case of a possible resection of the esophagus.
- Esophagogastroscopy, allowing to evaluate a tumor, its location, type of growth, extent.
Malignant disease - esophageal cancer, symptoms. A photo
If the tumor has spread beyond the esophagus and reached the last stages, then treatment becomes impossible. In this case, doctors recommend improving the patient’s life condition and helping him to deal with pain and discomfort as much as possible.
Be healthy!