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Symptoms of Stomach Cancer Similar to Heartburn, How to Distinguish It?

There are six situations that can be symptoms of stomach cancer.

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – Gastric cancer tends to be asymptomatic at an early stage. That is what makes many patients check themselves at an advanced stage.

“Genetic factors only play a role between five to 10 percent, the rest is influenced by diet (30-35 percent), smoking (25-30 percent), infection (15-20 percent), obesity (10-20 percent), alcohol (four to six percent). percent), and others (10-15 percent), “explained the Chairman of the Indonesian Cancer Foundation (YKI), Prof. Dr. Dr. Aru Sudoyo SpPD.

According to Prof. Aru, there are six situations that need to be watched out for as symptoms of stomach cancer. The first situation is abdominal pain, which is abdominal or abdominal pain that initially feels mild.

The pain does not go away with eating. Mild pain is often neglected due to busyness, so that over time the pain gets worse until it is unbearable.

“The most frequent symptom of gastric cancer (between 60 and 90 percent) is similar to heartburn,” said Prof. Aru.

The second situation is difficulty swallowing food. This occurs when the tumor is located in the upper cardia area.

“There will be a narrowing, so that the food feels” stuck “in the chest area, forced to drink a lot of water, but then it will rise back up or it is also called gastroesophageal reflux (GERD), “kata Prof Aru.

The third situation is nausea and vomiting at mealtimes. This occurs when the tumor is located close to the entrance to the small intestine or pylorus. When there is an obstacle in the passage of food, the body sends a signal to the brain that the food “must be returned to the top”.

The fourth situation is getting full faster with the tumor filling the stomach space. As a result, less food enters the body.

“This occurs especially in the” diffuse “type of gastric cancer, where the tumor cells take up the surface area of ​​the stomach so that the elasticity of the stomach is reduced,” said Prof. Aru.

The fifth situation is a drastic weight loss. It can happen because it is difficult for food to get down or because of vomiting.

“Food and nutrition will be reduced due to difficulty eating,” said Prof. Aru.

The sixth situation is where bleeding starts. When there is bleeding, the tumor or cancer means it has penetrated the inner lining of the stomach.

If the bleeding is still a little, there will be no symptoms. However, in large bleeding, resulting in hematemesis (vomiting of blood) over or melena (black stool) with symptoms of anemia.

“By being aware of the symptoms of gastric cancer, people are expected to immediately detect cancer so that it can be cured at an early stage,” said Prof. Aru.

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