Early symptoms of gastric cancer

Abdominal pain is the main symptom of early gastric cancer. Abdominal pain of early gastric cancer is mainly due to the inflammatory infiltration of gastric cancer penetrating the serosa and invading the pancreas or transverse mesocolon, thus inducing persistent severe pain and radiating to the back. A few patients with perforated cancer ulcer may also have abdominal pain and peritoneal irritation.

2. Symptoms of nausea and vomiting

Nausea and vomiting are also one of the common early symptoms of gastric cancer. In addition, gastric antrum cancer can also have symptoms of pyloric obstruction.

3, hematemesis, black stool symptoms

When cancer forms an ulcer, patients will have hematemesis and black stool. One-third of patients with gastric cancer often have a small amount of bleeding, most of which are positive for fecal occult blood, and some patients may have intermittent black stool and massive hematemesis.

4. Symptoms of anorexia and emaciation

The absorption of cancer toxin by patients with gastric cancer will make them increasingly emaciated, anemia, fatigue, malnutrition and other manifestations, and often manifested as progressive aggravation until finally manifested as cachexia.

The early symptoms of gastric cancer are described above. In fact, the early symptoms of gastric cancer are very similar to atrophic gastritis. Moreover, atrophic gastritis is also recognized as a precancerous state of gastric cancer. Chinese medicine can be used for treatment.