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Monday, December 6, 2010

How to identify the beginning of stomach cancer

by Anna Mortis

Stomach is found in the upper side of the abdomen, just below the ribs. It is a part of digestive system hence is a hollow organ. The food is converted into a liquid form in the stomach and then the liquid food is pushed to next organ i.e. small intestine.

Stomach cancer begins from the inner layer cells of the stomach. The most threatening thing in this case is that this can grow from the outer walls of stomach to other adjacent organs. It easily travels to liver or pancreas, may be esophagus above or intestine below. Usually stomach cancer symptoms are rare in the beginning stage.

Then how should a person know about such a thing going on in his body? What are the stomach cancer symptoms?

The early stomach cancer symptoms are generally very difficult to diagnose. But when the cancer develops, it starts indicating its presence. It may cause discomfort or even pain in stomach area. It also shows difficulty in swallowing. Sometimes it causes nausea with vomiting. Even blood can appear in the vomiting. Blood may appear in the stools also. It obviously shows remarkable weight loss. As it develops serious, one can note that he is feeling full even when he eats small meals.

The medical term used for Difficulty in swallowing is Dysphagia. When it is mild, it is often neglected as being a problem not worthy to pay attention, but when it becomes severe, it prevents the person from getting adequate calories or nutrition.

Sensation of 'need to vomit' is nausea. It may be short lived or can be prolonged. It may have a psychological or physical origin. Most of the times, vomiting accompanied with nausea is an indication of the under laying disease. Emesis is a medical term used for vomiting. Medically, blood vomit is called hematemesis. The cause for Hematemesis may be minor major health problem. Hematemesis should be diagnosed by the doctor irrespective of it being very small or large in amount.

The color of the stool changes to black due to bleeding in the intestine or any superior digestive organs. The stools can be maroon or red or black depending upon the time hemoglobin gets to undergo chemical changes. Some medications including iron or bismuth also turn the stools black. Stickiness and bad smell along with the black color of the stool distinguish it from being so because of bleeding and not because of the medications.

Most of these stomach cancer symptoms also have more usual other causes like cough, cold, ulcer or infection. The care one can take is not to ignore these symptoms as they could be stomach cancer symptoms. One should consult the doctor to get the problem diagnosed and to get rid of it at the earliest.

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Want to find out more about stomach cancer causes, then visit Anna Mortis's site on how to choose the best stomach cancer treatment for your needs.

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