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Stomach cancer symptoms and the warning signs needing endoscopy.
Early stomach cancer often causes few or vague symptoms, which is why it is frequently found late. Knowing the warning signs and acting on them early makes a real difference.
Early and common symptoms
Later symptoms
Why early review matters These symptoms are common in harmless conditions like gastritis and ulcers too, so they are easy to dismiss. The key is persistence: symptoms lasting more than two to three weeks, worsening, or occurring with weight loss, anemia or bleeding deserve an endoscopy, especially over age 40.
Ayurvedic view (interpretive) Texts describe chronic digestive disturbance, loss of appetite and wasting in serious abdominal disease. This is descriptive only; endoscopy and biopsy are how cancer is diagnosed.
When to see a doctor Persistent indigestion over two to three weeks, unintended weight loss, vomiting blood, black stools or trouble swallowing. Call 112 for heavy vomiting of blood or collapse.
Remember Persistent indigestion with weight loss or bleeding needs an endoscopy without delay.
Written By
Dr. Daksh
BDS
Reviewed By
Dr. Varun Gupta
MD Pharmacology, MBBS
Last updated on
27 Sep 2022 • 06:23 PM (IST)
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