Symptoms of esophageal cancer and how to treat

Symptoms of esophageal cancer and how to treat

Esophageal cancer affects men more than women and Blacks more than whites.

Since the 1970s there has been an increase in the incidence of esophageal cancer in white men.

Smoking and drinking alcohol increases the risk of both cancer of the esophagus,

And if they were together, the risk increases the more viral.

Radiation therapy to the neck region and unrest that irritate the esophagus chronically disease Gastroesophageal reverse flow also increases the risk of esophageal cancer by.

* Symptoms *

Esophageal cancer symptoms do not appear often to be up late stage tumor.

The most common symptoms are

Difficulty swallowing

(For solid foods at first then semi-solid and liquid at the end)

That are accompanied by weight loss.

As the tumor grew became a recurring food reflux

And increases the risk of pneumonia as a result of a groan,

It enters the food and fluids with inspiration (breathing) to the lungs.

The esophagus has regular walls thin sound.

Either the infected cancerous tumors of the esophagus, cause difficulty swallowing because the tumor which grew beyond walls esophagus called leukotrien has caused in the part in the middle of the esophagus.

** Options **

You should go to your doctor immediately if you feel difficulty in swallowing.

The doctor will conduct tests to see whether there is a blockage of the esophagus,

And taking a sample of any block causing obstruction and look like a form of examination.

Regardless of the treatment approach, the future prospects for esophageal cancer is bad because it often detected late.

Choose the type of treatment you built in part on the basis of the amount of hardship that you can afford.

Most esophageal cancers are treated with a combination of surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy.

Have esophageal resection surgery is performed

(Or rather, most esophageal resection)

If the cancerous tumor removal surgery all or at least most of it.

Then connect the upper part of the esophagus, stomach,

And times used part of the large intestine to replace the part which infected 506,000 of the esophagus.

If the tumor of the esophagus is removed surgically,

You must make an action to overcome the problem of blockage of the esophagus, which causes swelling.

Sometimes a tumor shrinks due to radiation therapy and chemotherapy.

In some cases you can planting new esophageal variceal link (to skip the esophagus impasse)

The esophagus can continue to eat.

In other cases

The esophagus can be expanded using a set of Rails

(Different sizes)

Or by using a balloon

(Puff after being admitted) to expand the esophagus narrow

Then enter the pillar to keep the esophagus open.

Stomach cancer ~ ~

Stomach cancer is the second most common cancer worldwide after lung cancer.

It is common, especially in Japan and China.

Perhaps as a result of certain factors, nutrition,

And the incidence of this cancerous tumor of the lining of the stomach is growing in the Western world.

Stomach cancer tends to spread rapidly,

So often therapy is focused on reducing the speed of progression of disease and its spread instead of treatment and recovery.

In Japan, where a broad inquiry, operations

Disease is diagnosed at an early stage and cures about 90 percent of those infected.

Stomach cancer usually arises in the lining of the stomach,

But it has quickly spread to other places in the body,

And more than most people with this type of cancer 50 years,

And the proportion of men with poor women.

What can your doctor do?

After listening to the doctor complaining of symptoms that,

Are you checking to make sure that there is no evidence on the farm at the top of the abdomen

And staff appraisal report doctor to the hospital for an endoscopy,

Where the stomach is checked through a thin tool equipped with binoculars,

And during the examination some biopsies are taken and sent to a lab for analysis.

As you may be asked to perform x-ray image color that show clearly the structure of the stomach and nothing abnormal.

And "bag" allows the growth of cancer before any symptoms appear,

When symptoms appear,

They are usually light

And not such as

Abdominal pain

Or nausea

Or loss of weight,

For this reason not only diagnosed after it has arrived at other places in the body.

But if the tumor was diagnosed early during development,

Be possible to surgically remove it and involve about 20% of cases.

And involves surgery to remove the partial or total for the stomach,

In addition to removing the surrounding lymph nodes that can be accessed.

And surgery to relieve symptoms when the disease spreads to other places in the body.

Usually patients to chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment to control tumor growth and to delay the progression of the disease.

And taking certain medications may be needed to relieve pain.

Perception of risk?

There are many risk factors that cause stomach cancer

And chronic gastritis

That affects the lining of the stomach

And long-term infection caused by the bacterium Helicobacter pylori is the primary factor.

Other risk factors include:

• Smoking.

• Poor diet with fiber.

• Diets rich in salty foods and pickled and smoked.

• Drinking alcohol.

Help fiber-rich diets in maintaining digestive health overall,

It can also reduce the risk of stomach cancer,

Gastrointestinal ulcers are not factors that threaten to stomach cancer,

But they make it difficult for doctors to distinguish early with stomach cancer.

:: Signs and symptoms:

• Pain in the abdomen, pain cannot be distinguished from peptic ulcer.

• Stomach ache after eating.

• Nausea and kiaa.

• Anorexia.

• Loss of weight.