[Fat Bear Popular Science] One article explains clearly: Who are the high-risk groups and danger signs of gastrointestinal tumors?

A cigarette in the left hand and a glass of wine in the right hand

I also like to eat hot food and I don't like spicy food

Beware! These high incidence digestive tract tumors

Most of them are eaten

According to Chongqing Municipality in 2020

New cancer registry data show

The top six malignant tumors in 2020

Digestive tract tumors account for four

They are

Colorectal cancer, liver cancer

Esophageal cancer, gastric cancer

The incidence of digestive tract tumors is so high

Does it also mean

Early symptoms are easy to spot

But the fact is...

About 80% of digestive tract tumors

Diagnosed in late stage

If digestive tract tumors can be detected at an early stage

It can be achieved

The goal of "early treatment, good prognosis"

High-risk groups for digestive tract cancer

And what are the red flags?

Chen Weiqing, Director of the Department of Gastroenterology

Let me explain it to you all once

Text丨Fat Bear

Review丨Chen Weiqing

Oral cancer

High-risk groups

1. Long-term history of chewing betel nut

2. Infections such as papillomavirus

3. Long-term active or passive smokers, long-term drinkers

4. Repeated stimulation from unclean mouth, sharp teeth, residual roots and crowns, and poor restorations

5. Long-term oral mucosal diseases (oral leukoplakia, erythema, etc.)

Red flags

1. Changes in the color or appearance of the oral mucosa, such as whitening, reddening, or darkening, or the size of existing moles increases, the surface becomes higher, the texture becomes harder, and ulcers appear

2. Unexplained lumps in any part of the mouth or neck, or oral mucosal ulcers that have not healed for more than two weeks

3. Sudden swelling of cervical lymph nodes

4. Movement disorders, inability to open the mouth, loss of sensation or numbness on one side of the tongue,

5. Difficulty chewing, swallowing, or speaking

6. Localized swelling of the jaw, asymmetry between the left and right sides, sometimes accompanied by abnormal sensation, or loose teeth, etc.

"Laryngeal cancer"

High-risk groups

1. Long-term smokers and drinkers

2. Patients with chronic laryngitis, laryngeal keratosis, laryngeal papilloma, vocal cord leukoplakia, etc.

3. People who have long-term exposure to carcinogens such as dust, harmful chemical gases, etc.

4. People infected with human papillomavirus (HPV)

Red flags

1. Persistent hoarseness

2. Foreign body sensation in the throat

3. Throat pain, sometimes radiating to the ear on the same side

4. Cough and blood in sputum

5. Difficulty breathing, difficulty swallowing, difficulty expectorating and bad breath (late stage)

6. Swollen lymph nodes in the neck

7. Neck lump, which is hard, painless, and gradually increases in size

8. Cachexia such as anemia, emaciation, and exhaustion

"Esophageal cancer"

High-risk groups

1. Family history of malignant tumor

2. Digestive symptoms such as repeated acid reflux, swallowing discomfort, foreign body sensation in the esophagus, slow stagnation of food passing, and repeated pain or discomfort behind the sternum

3. Bad eating habits, such as long-term consumption of pickled, hot, rough, and moldy food

4. Smoking and drinking

5. Barrett's, esophagitis, or precancerous lesions

Red flags

1. Unexplained weight loss

2. Food passes slowly with a choking sensation

3. Burning, pricking, or pulling pain in the sternum when swallowing food

4. Feeling of a foreign body in the esophagus or a burning sensation in the chest

Gastric cancer

High-risk groups

1. Family history of malignant tumor

2. People infected with Helicobacter pylori (Hp)

3. Atrophic gastritis, gastric ulcer, gastric polyp, residual stomach, hypertrophic gastritis, pernicious anemia and other diseases

Red flags

1. Symptoms of indigestion, acid reflux, belching, heartburn, etc. in the upper abdomen

2. Weight loss and anemia

3. Upper abdominal pain

4. Black stool or bloody stool

5. Feeling of fullness or burning sensation

6. Fatigue, weight loss, anemia

"Colorectal cancer"

High-risk groups

1. Family history of malignant tumors and intestinal polyps

2. Positive fecal occult blood test

3. Precancerous diseases such as intestinal polyps, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, etc.

4. The pelvis has been exposed to radiation

Red flags

1. Changes in stool shape or bowel movement frequency

2. Diarrhea and constipation alternate

3. Abdominal cramps and abdominal masses

4. Mucous blood in stool

5. Stop exhausting the anus

6. Nausea and vomiting during bowel movements

Liver cancer

High-risk groups

1. Family history of liver malignancy

2. Chronic hepatitis B, hepatitis C and other viral hepatitis

3. Cirrhosis of the liver due to various causes

4. Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

5. Alcoholism and eating moldy food

Red flags

1. Rapid weight loss in recent period

2. Frequent and persistent distension and pain in the right upper abdominal liver area

3. The skin and sclera turn yellow, or the urine turns dark brown

4. Indigestion symptoms such as loss of appetite, aversion to oil, diarrhea, and fullness after meals

5. Long-term nasal and gum bleeding, or gastrointestinal bleeding with symptoms of black stool and hematemesis

Gallbladder cancer

1

High-risk groups

1. Family history of malignant tumor

2. Gallstones with a diameter greater than 3 cm

3. Porcelain gallbladder or atrophic cholecystitis, chronic cholecystitis

4. Gallbladder polyp-like lesions with a diameter ≥ 1 cm

2

Red flags

1. A lump, persistent dull pain or dull pain in the right upper abdomen or upper abdomen, sometimes accompanied by paroxysmal severe pain that radiates to the right shoulder

2. Indigestion, aversion to greasy food, belching, decreased appetite

3. Unexplained yellowing of the skin and sclera, accompanied by weight loss, fatigue, and itchy skin

4. Urine is dark yellow and resembles soy sauce or strong tea, and stool is light or even clay-colored

5. Biliary bleeding may be accompanied by black stools

6. When there is liver metastasis, symptoms such as liver enlargement and cirrhosis may occur

Pancreatic cancer

High-risk groups

1. Family history of malignant tumor

2. Obesity

3. Long-term smoking and excessive drinking

4. Newly diagnosed diabetes patients within 5 years, especially those who are not obese

5. Patients with chronic pancreatitis

Red flags

1. Continuous pain in the upper abdomen and lower back

2. Frequent diarrhea and indigestion

3. Yellowing of the skin and sclera

4. Loss of appetite, weight loss and fatigue, accompanied by nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, etc.

5. Obstructive jaundice, stool color becomes lighter, even clay-colored, skin turns yellow to brown or bronze, and there is skin itching

6. Symptomatic diabetes

"Expert reminder"

If you find any of the above danger signs in your body, please go to the hospital (preferably a specialist hospital) for consultation or examination as soon as possible. Early diagnosis and early treatment, digestive tract tumors are not scary!

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