Early signs and common manifestations of gastric cancer
In the early stage of gastric cancer, a considerable number of patients will have no obvious symptoms, but some patients with early gastric cancer may have some symptoms, but the early symptoms of gastric cancer are easily confused with gastric diseases such as gastritis and gastric ulcer. Therefore, a correct understanding of the early symptoms of gastric cancer can help to detect early signs of cancer in time, so that early treatment and early treatment can effectively improve the survival rate of gastric cancer patients.
The most common early symptoms of stomach cancer are:
Upper abdominal fullness and discomfort, which is a vague feeling of fullness and discomfort that the patient cannot tell. Generally, there is no incentive for it. It usually occurs when it is quiet and disappears during physical activity. The symptoms are very similar to those of gastritis and gastric ulcer. Most of the elderly suffer from sluggish pain sensation and mostly complain of abdominal distension, so these symptoms are often not taken seriously by patients, and are easily mistaken for gastritis or ulcer disease when seeking medical treatment.
Upper abdominal pain, mostly intermittent dull pain at the beginning, then gradually aggravated and persistent, or irregular stomach pain may appear. For patients with chronic stomach disease, if the pain pattern has changed, attention should be paid to it. Changes in pain patterns are also one of the early symptoms of gastric cancer. For example, those who used to have stomach pains on an empty stomach, or those with obvious abdominal pain after eating, who have recently changed or even disappeared, should be paid attention to.
Loss of appetite, weight loss, loss of appetite, acid reflux, belching, indigestion, etc. Loss of appetite and weight loss are the second most common symptoms of gastric cancer. Nearly 50% of gastric cancer patients have obvious symptoms of loss of appetite or inappetence. Some patients restrict their food intake due to abdominal distension or abdominal pain caused by excessive eating. Unexplained anorexia and weight loss are likely to be the initial symptoms of early gastric cancer and need to be paid attention to.
The occult blood test of the stool test is positive, there is unexplained fatigue, progressive anemia, and some patients with early gastric cancer may have black stools. Black stool is caused by gastrointestinal bleeding. If there is no obvious incentive for long-term black stool, you must seek medical attention in time to find out the cause.
Of course, the appearance of the above symptoms does not mean that he has early gastric cancer, but when these symptoms persist, the patient should go to the hospital for treatment, and necessary examinations should be done to diagnose or exclude gastric cancer early.
Because there are generally no obvious positive signs in patients with early gastric cancer, most patients only have deep tenderness in the upper abdomen except for the weak general condition. Therefore, once it is found that someone has the above symptoms, it is necessary to ask him to seek medical treatment in time. Only early detection and early treatment can have a better therapeutic effect on gastric cancer, can effectively improve the survival rate of gastric cancer patients, and improve the quality of life of gastric cancer patients .