How to differentiate gastric cancer from esophagitis

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Gastric cancer and esophagitis are very similar indeed. At the beginning, my uncle said that he couldn't eat and had a bad appetite. We all thought that he was suffering from esophagitis. After treatment for a period of time, he didn't get better. He went to the hospital for a general examination. He had gastric cancer, but now he is undergoing treatment again. Let's talk about how to distinguish gastric cancer from esophagitis!

How to differentiate gastric cancer from esophagitis

First: after suffering from gastric cancer and esophageal stricture, they will feel uncomfortable throat and do not want to eat. The symptoms are similar. As time goes on, patients with gastric cancer will be more serious. For esophageal inflammation, there are generally two ways of inflammation, one is primary, the other is secondary. And for serious people, after vomiting, they will feel that they can use some medicine to anti-inflammatory. Therefore, the general symptoms are pain and difficulty in swallowing, and heat in the heart and mouth. It may also have hematemesis in general. Cancer is not like this, but may be induced by mental illness.

Second: for gastric cancer, the general treatment may be surgery, radiotherapy, or chemotherapy. In this way, can help you some esophageal cancer treatment. Here, we must be prepared for chemotherapy. The family should also be prepared to take care of them.

Third: the difference between the two is mainly reflected in the discomfort behind the sternum. Generally, if there is a burning feeling, or a feeling of acupuncture, and traction like pain, this kind of food is slow, and there is a feeling of retention, or there is a slight choking phenomenon, and weight loss, and there is chronic hemorrhage. This is the symptom of esophageal cancer.

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Esophageal inflammation is a good treatment, generally with some anti-inflammatory drugs can be treated well. And there is no reflow phenomenon, the biggest difference here. And gastric cancer because of its pathological changes, will lead to eating, there will be the phenomenon of food reflux, so after the illness, we should pay attention to a light diet, more conducive to treatment.