Abdominal pain and Indigestion can be the symptoms of GI Cancers

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Most patients of GI cancers have non-specific symptoms in the beginning, such as abdominal pain and discomfort, persistent indigestion, disturbances in the habit of excretion.
New Delhi: The abdominal pain should never be taken lightly. Gastrointestinal cancer (stomach intestinal or stomach cancer) is the fourth most common cancer in India. Last year 57,394 cases of Gastrointestinal Cancer appeared. It affects men more than women.

Doctors say that most patients of GI cancers have non-specific symptoms in the beginning, such as abdominal pain and discomfort, persistent indigestion, disturbances in the habit of excretion.

It gradually grows in the form of the silent killer and affects the internal organs such as the large intestine, rectum, food hose, stomach, kidney, gallbladder, pancreas or digestive gland, small intestine, appendix, and anus.

Dr. Rajesh Puri, director of Gastroenterology at the Institute of Digestive and Hepatobiliary Sciences in Medanta-The Medicine, says, “We need a lot of awareness regarding the nature of GI cancers and the availability of the investigation programs to find it early. Screening of upper GI, colonoscopy, and NBI endoscopy help to detect GI cancer as early as possible. Cancer is not confirmed in resistant jaundice and gall bladder sac, CT scan, MRI and ERCP are not available. With the help of coli gonioscopy such as colonoscopy, it helps to see cancer and test their tissue, resulting in gallbladder Cancer can be detected early, which can not be detected by a conventional device or routine screening.

Dr. V. M. Dayal, head of gastroenterology at IGIMS, says, “Since GI can be different on the basis of the condition and symptoms of cancer disease, to differentiate between patients and to find specific types of cancer. With the help of colonoscopy, the doctor can see the gallbladder and it helps to detect specific types of cancers. From the study of existing tissues and fluids in the body, it can reach the root of any particular type of cancer and start proper treatment. In this process using a thin and flexible tube with a wide video camera of 1 mm The doctor can carefully monitor the inner layer of the gallbladder, if a suspected area is found

According to Dr. Rohit Gupta of the group clinic, Allahabad, it is very necessary for the treatment of any cancer that we start treatment at the right time, but the problem is that many people know it only when the cancer is second only Or arrive at the third stage. With increasing technology, since the new endoscopes and high-definition endoscopy and colonoscopy have been made available, it has become enough for doctors so that they are able to diagnose and treat it during the time, because the sooner the investigation, They will be able to cure him.