1 Clinical picture of the disease

Cancer is a tumor that has malignant growth. The following factors can contribute to the development of the disease:

• Helicobacter pylori bacteria;
• toxic and chemical substances;
• some medications;
• radiation;
• alcoholism;
• presence of an ulcer and atrophic gastritis;
• overeating and lack of fresh fruit and vegetables in the diet.

Symptoms of cancer in the early stages are not always pronounced clearly. Often they resemble a simple inflammation of the stomach. The tumor gradually increases in size. When it becomes large, the person's health deteriorates. Allocate common and local symptoms of the disease. Common manifestations include loss of strength, weakness, decreased efficiency, loss of body weight. In later stages of cancer, fever may occur.

All these signs are nonspecific. They are characteristic of any malignant tumor. At stage 1, there are no complaints about stomach problems. During this period, only the mucous layer is affected. In most cases, the signs of the disease appear when the tumor is submucosa basal. To distinguish cancer from a benign tumor is possible by the presence of symptoms of intoxication. They appear against the background of the disintegration of tissues and the ingress of various substances into the blood.

2 Local Symptoms of

Some experts identify a list of small symptoms of stomach cancer. It includes discomfort in the upper abdomen, bloating( flatulence), sudden loss of appetite, nausea, hypersalivation, heartburn. Their appearance is due to a violation of the stomach. Bloating occurs after eating. It is due to the accumulation of gases in the abdominal cavity as a result of digestion.

When the upper organ is affected, a frequent symptom is heartburn. The tumor can disrupt the progress of the food lump. Its delay can cause the acidic contents to be thrown back into the esophagus. Heartburn is manifested by a burning sensation in the chest. It occurs when irritating the esophageal mucosa. With prolonged heartburn, the development of esophagitis is possible.

Local symptoms of stomach cancer in women include pain, difficulty in swallowing, belching, heaviness in the abdomen. Pain syndrome has no distinctive features. The pain is different( aching, cramping, pulling, blunt).Most often it is felt in the epigastric zone or hypochondrium on the left. At first, she worries a person periodically, but then becomes permanent.

Its amplification may indicate tumor germination of adjacent organs. Local symptoms are most pronounced in the lesion of the antral( located closer to the duodenum) stomach. Pain with cancer is often combined with nausea and vomiting. Sometimes nausea is accompanied by drooling. Vomiting indicates a violation of the process of evacuation of chyme from the stomach.

This occurs when the tumor blocks the outlet from the organ. Vomiting occurs after eating. In this case, vomit contains food. In severe cases, vomiting is observed by the type of coffee grounds. This is a sign of gastric bleeding. The appearance of such a symptom requires urgent care. Other manifestations of cancer in women include early satiety. Man eats very little. Normally the feeling of saturation appears only after 20-30 minutes.

The appearance of this symptom is associated with overfilling the stomach and delaying food in it. If the neoplasm is localized in the initial department of the organ, then dysphagia is observed. It is manifested by the difficulty of swallowing food and even water. In many patients there is a change in taste preferences. The refusal of meat is possible.

3 Manifestations in the advanced stages of

The vast majority of patients turn to the hospital for a doctor already at stage 3 or 4 of the disease. An experienced doctor can test a large tumor through the abdomen.

Signs of far-advanced cancer include the development of ascites, hepatomegaly( enlargement of the liver), exhaustion of the body, pale skin, jaundice, lymph node involvement.

At the 3 stages of the cancer, more than 7 lymph nodes can be affected. The nodes in the supraclavicular and axillary regions most often suffer. Ascites develop. It is manifested by an increase in the volume of the abdomen. The reason - violation of the process of water absorption and accumulation in the abdominal cavity. Pale skin is a sign of developed anemia. It is characterized by a decrease in the level of erythrocytes and hemoglobin. Normally, the hemoglobin content in women is 120-150 g / l, and the erythrocytes - 3.5-4.7 * 10¹² in 1 liter.

Symptoms of intoxication are very pronounced. Asthenic syndrome is manifested by severe weakness, insomnia, chronic fatigue. Such sick women are not able to do the usual work. A terrible complication of a stomach tumor is bleeding. It is observed with the germination of blood vessels. With gastric bleeding, vomiting occurs with an admixture of blood or the character of stools changes.

Stage 4 cancer always gives metastases. Most commonly affected are the following organs:

• liver;
• easy;
• bone;
• kidney;
• pancreas.

In this situation, the symptoms characteristic of the damage to these organs are observed. The prognosis for stages 3 and 4 is disappointing. In stage 3 cancer, the five-year survival rate varies from 15 to 40%.In a more severe case( in 4 stages of the disease), less than 5% of sick women live for 5 years. Thus, the clinical picture of stomach cancer in women is similar to other diseases( gastritis and ulcer).About 80% of patients visit the doctor for 4 stages of cancer.