Feeling bloated after meals, abdominal pain, heartburn, diarrhea, constipation, feeling weak and tired, are signs that will help us identify stomach ulcers or stomach cancer.

Feelomina Futia says in an article published by the Italian website Meteo Web, that feeling dizzy, early satiety, feeling bloated, burning, weakness, indigestion, vomiting, weight loss, blood in the stool, and poor appetite are all indicators that should not be ignored as they may be An early sign of stomach ulcers or inflammation, or it may even be a stomach tumor.

The author explains that stomach cancer, caused by a mutation in cells that makes them grow out of control, leads to a tumor in the mucous membrane of the stomach wall. Sarcomas also affect deeper layers of the stomach wall, lymphoid tissue, or, in rare cases, cells that produce hormones.

She notes that the symptoms of this disease are not fixed, and may not be observed in the early stages, so many do not understand the disease only in advanced stages.

Stomach cancer is more common in specific geographic regions of the world.

Stomach cancer factors
Some individuals face a higher risk of injury than others. Specific factors that increase the risk of developing the disease are over age 55, being a male, having a family history of the disease, as well as factors related to daily behavior such as cigarette smoking, eating dry, salted and smoked foods, excessive alcohol consumption, and lack of alcohol. Eating greens and cereals, having previous stomach problems such as surgery or suffering from pernicious anemia. Other factors should not be overlooked, such as obesity, as well as genetic factors, as stomach cancer is a disease related to genetic genetic characteristics.

Symptoms

  • Feeling bloated in the stomach after eating.
  • Tummy ache.
  • Vertigo.
  • Vomiting.
  • Heartburn.
  • Poor appetite.
  • Diarrhea or constipation.
  • Feeling of general weakness and fatigue.
  • Dysphagia.
  • The presence of blood in the vomit or stool.
  • Abnormally low weight.
  • Yellowing of eyes and skin.

Gastric cancer is diagnosed through a laparoscopic examination that allows a biopsy to be removed from the affected tissue and then analyzed for tumor. "Before being treated, a patient needs to have a range of other ultrasound and other tests to check the areas, glands and organs covered by the disease," said Dr Ricardo Rosati, a specialist in gastroenterology at Milan's San Raffaele hospital.

The specialist explains that the treatment of stomach cancer today is no longer limited to a single medical specialty, but supervised by a group of doctors of various specialties, such as surgeon, oncologist and radiologist, to agree on the best treatment plan.

The author shows that surgical intervention in this case is divided into two types, either partial or complete removal of the stomach, and in both cases remove the lymph nodes associated with that part of the disease. Doctors then reconfigure the digestive tract to continue the process of obtaining food and adapt to the effects of surgical intervention.

If the tumor is in a very advanced stage, surgeons will have to remove the organs surrounding the stomach, for fear that cancer cells, such as the spleen, pancreas and lower esophagus, have moved into it. After the operation, the patient's diet is limited to liquids and mineral salts for several days, until he is able to eat normally.

If the stomach is removed, its ability to absorb food decreases. If completely removed, the digestion of food proceeds to occur in the small intestine. In all these cases, doctors advise patients during the first period to divide their meals into small quantities at intervals, and reduce sugars and excessive fat and proteins. The body adapts after several months, returning the patient to his normal condition and eating three meals a day.

In order to prevent and reduce the risk of stomach cancer, the author recommends a healthy lifestyle and a balanced diet that focuses on eating more vegetables and fruits, and reducing smoked and grilled meat, in order to protect the stomach. Smoking cessation is also an important prevention factor.

There is also a direct correlation between H. pylori infection and this disease, so it is important that in the presence of symptoms of this type of bacteria harmful to the stomach, that the patient to receive antibiotic treatment in order to eliminate.