The esophagus is a hose that connects the throat to the stomach, and when eating, some food can be transported into the stomach, which has the function of transportation.
However, it is easy for some bad eating habits in the esophagus to occur due to some bad eating habits, as well as factors such as smoking and drinking, resulting in some lesions in the esophagus, such as esophageal cancer.
Esophageal cancer is a malignant tumor that occurs in the esophagus, and the incidence and mortality rate show a gradual upward trend.
About 300,000 people die of esophageal cancer worldwide every year, of which about 150,000 people die of esophageal cancer in China every year. The cause of high mortality from esophageal cancer is related to the fact that early symptoms are not detected and treated in time.
Therefore, in daily life, once the symptoms of esophageal cancer are found, they must be treated as soon as possible. So, what are the symptoms of early esophageal cancer?
First, swallow choking feeling
In the early stages of esophageal cancer, the mucosal part of the patient's esophagus will experience swelling of varying degrees, abnormal bleeding, and even erosion.
When so many patients swallow some food, they will have different degrees of swallowing difficulties and swallow choking feelings.
In the early days, when swallowing some foods that are too dry and hard, such as some cakes and steamed buns, this phenomenon is more obvious. If it belongs to some liquid or semi-liquid foods, this symptom is not very obvious.
Second, food through a sense of stagnation
Due to lesions in the esophagus, the esophageal orifice becomes narrower, so when the patient swallows food, the food passes through the esophagus very slowly.
Moreover, when the food passes, it is difficult to quickly enter the stomach, which will cause the patient to have a feeling of stagnation after swallowing the food. This can occur even when the patient is drinking water.
Third, the foreign body sensation in the esophagus
Even if the patient does not swallow any food, there is always some foreign body sensation in the patient's esophagus.
For example, it is always felt that there are some food fragments in the esophagus, or some rice grains, which will make the patient feel uncomfortable that he cannot swallow and cough up.
Fourth, the tightening of the throat
In daily life, patients will always feel a more obvious tightening phenomenon in the throat area, such as wearing a particularly high collar and particularly tight clothing all the time, causing a tightening feeling in the throat area.
Moreover, the throat of the patient will feel particularly dry, even if the water is constantly drunk, this dryness and contraction will always exist, and it will become more and more serious as the disease progresses.
5. Pain in the back of the sternum
About 50% of patients with esophageal cancer have retrosternal pain in the early stages. However, in the early days, this pain was not very severe, usually a pulling friction-like pain, or a pinprick and burning sensation.
This pain behind the sternum is more pronounced especially after eating and just after eating. In addition, even if the patient does not eat, there will still be a faint feeling of stuffiness behind the sternum.
Sixth, there is pain under the sword protrusion
Especially when there is pain behind his sternum, the patient's epigastric position under the sword protrusion will appear to varying degrees, or a burning pain.
Generally, when eating, this pain will appear, and the pain will be relieved and disappeared under the sword protrusion when stopping eating.
All in all, in the early stages of esophageal cancer, patients develop symptoms of discomfort of varying degrees above 6.
In addition, patients will also be accompanied by decreased appetite, rapid emaciation of the body, and some patients will be accompanied by hoarseness, breathing and other symptoms.
If these symptoms are treated early, the 5-year survival rate of patients can be as high as 60 to 80%.
Therefore, when this phenomenon occurs, it is necessary to be admitted to the hospital for examination at the first time and give scientific and standardized treatment in order to maximize the protection of patients' health and life.