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This is the difference:
The symptoms of chronic pharyngitis are mainly foreign bodies in the pharynx Feeling. Dry itching and dry cough. The early stage of esophageal cancer is a feeling of choking behind the sternum after eating.
Esophageal cancer - clinical manifestations
Esophageal cancer has no symptoms in the early stage, or lacks clear early symptoms. Dysphagia does not occur until there is obvious stenosis. According to statistics, the main symptoms in the early stage are foreign body sensation or food retention. The foreign body sensation is often a slight retrosternal tightness and fullness, which has no obvious relationship with eating and can be intermittent or persistent. Or occasionally you feel like food is sticking to the esophageal wall when eating. Choking sensation: relatively subtle, occasionally appearing when swallowing food, may disappear or recur on its own, does not affect eating, may also appear during mood swings, and may be easily mistaken for neurological symptoms. Retrosternal pain: It is more common when eating rough food. It is a needle-like, burning or friction-like pain behind the sternum or under the xiphoid process. It can be relieved by taking antispasmodics. The location of the pain and the location of the lesion are often inconsistent. Other symptoms: Some patients experience dryness or tightness in the throat when eating dry food; a few patients experience belching. The symptoms of early esophageal cancer described above in Western medicine are basically consistent with the choking syndrome in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Choking means obstruction during swallowing and difficulty in swallowing; while in traditional Chinese medicine, diaphragm means chest and diaphragm obstruction, spitting out after eating or even inability to eat or drink, which means obstruction, and is consistent with the symptoms of middle and late stages of Western medicine. . All in all, choking syndrome is often the prodromal manifestation of diaphragm syndrome. Diaphragm syndrome is mostly a serious consequence of choking syndrome. Choking and diaphragm can appear together at the same time, so they are collectively called choking and diaphragm.
The symptoms of advanced esophageal cancer mainly include progressive difficulty in swallowing, which eventually develops into difficulty in drinking water and even difficulty in passing saliva. Reflux of food, and chest and back pain. If the cancer invades the trachea and bronchi, it can form esophageal-tracheal fistula and/or esophageal-bronchial fistula, resulting in severe coughing, dyspnea and lung infection symptoms. For example, cancer necrosis can cause bleeding, manifested as vomiting blood and bloody stools. If it invades large blood vessels, symptoms such as fatal bleeding may occur. Dehydration, weakness, weight loss, systemic edema and cachexia caused by hypoalbuminemia are all end-stage manifestations of esophageal cancer. In addition, corresponding symptoms and signs can also be seen due to cancer metastasis to other organs and organs.
Traditional Chinese medicine describes the late symptoms of esophageal cancer quite accurately. It is recorded in medical books: "If the internal organs are cold and left unchecked, the body fluids will be astringent and astringent. The body fluids will not be able to pass on food. Therefore, you will choke when you eat or drink." The obstruction is blocked. Pain in the chest, unable to breathe, and unable to eat are the reasons for choking. "Taiping Yulan" records the symptoms of esophageal cancer and the autopsy found that the root cause of choking is a fish-shaped mass blocking the passage, which manifests as progressive swallowing. Difficulty, even dripping, and in the late stage, a large amount of mucus and phlegm is vomited, up to 1,500~3,000ml per day. It is consistent with what is recorded in ancient books: "Those who are deficient in both Qi and blood will have a lot of foaming in the mouth, but those who see a lot of foaming will not be cured." As the disease progresses, Yin Qi is severely damaged and healthy Qi is not supported. If positive Qi declines, evil will prevail. The body's resistance will gradually decrease, and the cancer will further increase, leading to advanced cancer such as difficulty in eating and drinking, dry stools like sheep feces, and mucus phlegm. Syndrome has become a reference for ancient people to judge poor prognosis. When esophageal cancer develops to an advanced stage, cancer cells not only spread intramurally and directly infiltrate into adjacent organs, but can also metastasize to lymphatic and blood vessels.