Symptoms 7 days after esophagectomy

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Recently, my cousin didn't know what the reason was. She couldn't swallow food all the time. She always felt stuck. Now she hasn't eaten for several days, so she went to the hospital and found out esophageal cancer. After treatment, her condition has been controlled to a certain extent. Let me share with you the symptoms of esophageal cancer 7 days after surgery.

Symptoms 7 days after esophagectomy

First, postoperative patients will have complications of functional gastric emptying disorder. Because some patients with esophageal cancer need to remove the gastric wall, or even part of the stomach, and the esophagus is connected with the stomach, the function can have mutual influence. After esophagectomy, the emptying of thoracic stomach function will be impaired.

Second: esophageal cancer postoperative complications of respiratory tract infection. Although esophageal cancer surgery does not remove the lung tissue, it will damage the intercostal muscle, especially the integrity of the diaphragm, so it is easy to produce respiratory tract infection. When the neck, chest or abdominal incision pain complications.

Third: complications of severe diarrhea after esophageal cancer surgery. Esophageal cancer surgery may lead to gastrointestinal dysfunction, resulting in severe diarrhea, which may be related to vagotomy, gastrin concentration and so on. Should be actively given antidiarrheal drugs, while giving rehydration, in order to avoid dehydration in patients.

matters needing attention

Patients should pay more attention to their own condition, not careless, because it is a disease that affects the patient's life, small details of daily life must be handled correctly.