Digestive Tract Tumors: Early Signs, Screening After 40, and Endoscopy Preparation

Digestive tract tumors are a class of malignancy conditions that occur in the digestive tract. According to relevant statistics, approximately more than 1 million people die from digestive tract tumors every year, and almost every minute, 1 to 2 patients lose their lives. The increasing incidence of tumors in the digestive tract, the gradual youthfulness of the patient population and the high mortality rate have become serious and real problems faced by our inhabitants.

Since the age group of 40 to 50 is a period of high incidence of digestive tract tumors, it is recommended that you pay attention to gastrointestinal endoscopy screening after the age of 40. This stage is an excellent time to detect early digestive tract tumors. Opportunities are fleeting. If you miss it, you may leave lifelong regrets.

Although gastrointestinal cancer sounds scary, early gastrointestinal cancer is completely curable. As long as early gastrointestinal cancer can be detected in time, the cost of treatment is relatively low. Generally, with the help of endoscopy Completely remove the lesion, and patients do not need to endure the pain of surgical surgery caused by mid-to-late gastrointestinal cancer And the torture that comes from radiotherapy, chemotherapy.

Clinically, the symptoms of digestive tract tumors are extremely insidious in the early stages. It is difficult for both professional doctors and patients themselves to make accurate judgments based on symptoms and signs. Endoscopy is necessary to finally confirm the diagnosis.

Tumors of the digestive tract may present some symptoms that lack specificity, such as bloating, poor appetite, acid reflux, burning chest, belching, hiccups, abdominal pain, etc., which are mostly very similar to ordinary gastrointestinal diseases. So, these symptoms tend to be treated simply as general minor ailments, or they are no longer given enough attention after they have been relieved simply by taking some drugs by mouth. And when more obvious symptoms appear, the condition may have progressed to a progressive stage, or even lost the opportunity to receive surgical treatment, which eventually led to the loss of both human and financial resources, leaving only regrets.

Therefore, according to the criteria established by the World Health Organization, people over the age of 40 should preferably undergo gastroenteroscopy every 3 to 5 years. If there is a condition of precancerous lesions, it is necessary to follow the doctor’s instructions strictly and perform regular re-examinations.

As for the dietary aspects before and after gastroenteroscopy, you also need to pay attention to the following details:

First, starting two days before the inspection, eat semi-liquid foods, such as noodles, rice porridge, steamed eggs, etc., and do not eat foods with high fiber content, such as bamboo shoots, sweet potatoes, etc., and foods with seeds, such as dragon fruit, watermelon, etc.

Secondly, eat liquid food the day before the check-up and do not drink milk. On the day of the examination, food and drink shall be prohibited, and drinking water shall be prohibited 2 hours before the examination.

Again, after the examination, if no special abnormality occurs, you can start eating. At the beginning, you should mainly eat liquid food. If there are no symptoms of discomfort, you can return to your normal diet.

Finally, if a pathological biopsy is performed, then a small amount of warm water can be consumed only 2 hours after the examination, and if there is no discomfort reaction, you can eat semi-liquid food (within 3 days after the examination), and avoid eating raw, hard, spicy, and hot food, which is beneficial to wound healing.

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