食管癌的症状

由博士 Ananya 曼德尔，海事处

食管癌是少见但不是罕见。它是全球第七最常见的癌症。

何时出现症状呢？

早期癌症可能不引起症状。作为肿瘤的症状进展的增长，并妨碍食管。

这是仅当肿瘤已经足够大，以通过大约一半其症状主要表现 — — 吞咽困难 — — 将会出现的正常宽度缩小你的食道。() 6

食管癌的主要症状是吞咽困难，这就意味着吞咽困难。由于限制食道肿瘤发生这种情况。

当吞下你可能会感觉像食物卡住了。这是因为食管的肌肉都不得不设法推动过去的肿瘤的食物。

其结果是，你可能会觉得有必要咀嚼你更多，以使碎片较小，以便他们可以更容易的食道下旅行的食物。() 6

尝试吞下食物时，您还可能遇到烧灼感。() 7

最终，吞咽困难甚至可能适用于吞咽液体和固体一样。() 6

其他常见的食管癌的症状包括（1-6）：

不可能吃到有关胸部疼痛。在后面以及可能有的痛苦。

许多上文所述的症状都是那么严重的问题，如消化不良的特点。

如果您有持久的症状，不过，最好要访问您的医生，以便可以确定你的症状的原因。() 7

由 4 月 Cashin-Garbutt，广管局荣誉 (Cantab) 编辑

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