In the opinion of many people, stomach bloating, stomach pain, stomach acid, etc. are all “minor problems”, just buy some stomach medicine and eat it. As everyone knows, benign gastric disease and gastric cancer are difficult to distinguish in symptoms. So, how to distinguish the symptoms of stomach disease from those of stomach cancer?
The doctor of Chongqing Dongda Anorectal Hospital said that the occurrence of stomach cancer does not happen overnight, and requires the result of long-term effects of multiple factors. Some benign diseases, such as To be controlled, there is the potential for malignant transformation.
Chronic atrophic gastritis
This disease is an important and common precancerous disease of gastric cancer, especially when it is accompanied by intestinal metaplasia and dysplasia.
Gastric ulcer
Gastric ulcer is more common when it is combined with chronic atrophic gastritis, intestinal metaplasia and dysplasia.
Verrucous gastritis
Also known as pox-like gastritis, the disease has a long natural course, some spontaneously subside within a few months, and some last for many years.
Stomach remnant
Stomach remnant stomach cancer occurs more than 5-10 years after resection of benign gastropathy and more than 20 years after operation for malignant gastric cancer.
Gastric polyps
Gastric polyps are divided into two categories: hyperplastic polyps and adenomatous polyps. Hyperplastic polyps have a low cancer rate. There are three pathological types of adenomatous polyps, tubular adenoma, villous also known as papillary adenoma, and mixed adenoma. All three types have the possibility of canceration.
Signs of cancerous changes
Ordinary gastric diseases often have obvious incentives before the onset, such as long-term starvation, drinking cold drinks, eating cold meals, etc. If there is no obvious incentive, the stomach will appear If you are not feeling well, you should be alert to gastric cancer. In addition, there are several signals that may indicate the occurrence of gastric cancer, and patients with gastric diseases can identify themselves.
Irregular stomach pain
Whether it is gastritis or gastric ulcer, the abdominal pain at the onset has its own characteristics. Take gastric ulcers as an example. Normally, pain occurs about 1 hour after eating. Once the pain becomes persistent and irregular, you should be alert to the occurrence of cancer.
Recurrence of heartburn and acid reflux
“Heartburn” refers to a burning sensation that occurs near the lower part of the breastbone, also known as the “pit of the heart”, mainly due to food in the stomach” run” into the esophagus. The stomach secretes gastric acid, and the contents of the stomach are all acidic, but the esophagus is alkaline. When the acidic substance “runs” into the esophagus, it will corrode the esophageal mucosa and cause “heartburn”. “Acid regurgitation” refers to the backflow of stomach contents through the esophagus into the oropharynx, where acid is felt in the mouth.
Rapid weight loss
Stomach disease patients have weakened digestive ability and are prone to symptoms such as loss of appetite, diarrhea, and fatigue, which are all normal phenomena. However, if the body undergoes a rapid malignant transformation in a short period of time, the body will experience difficulties in absorbing the nutrients in the food, the body weight will drop rapidly, the body shape will be significantly thin, and the disease will not be relieved by taking medicine at all, which may be a signal of cancer.
A hard, painful mass appears
Stomach disease patients should pay more attention to the abdomen. Otherwise, as the mass increases, it will involve the back, chest and even the back of the sternum, which will greatly increase the discomfort and delay treatment. (Contributed by Chongqing Dongda Anorectal Hospital)
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