Al-Marsad newspaper: The “Best Life” website said that frequent difficulty in swallowing food may be a symptom of esophageal cancer, which is among the most deadly diseases in patients.
Data from the American Cancer Society indicated that only 20% of people with esophageal cancer can reach an average lifespan of 5 years, because most of them die early. When people find it difficult to swallow food, they think it is normal, or they change their eating habits, they chew more food, and they may eat less solid things, such as soup.
People usually have trouble swallowing if they eat their meal too quickly, or if they don’t chew their food enough. But changing the quality of food does not solve the problem, because if a person has cancer, the disease will worsen, until it becomes difficult to digest the same liquids as other juices.
Esophageal cancer symptoms
And when there is a problem in swallowing food, the person may feel that what he ate is stuck in the throat or in the chest, a feeling that is very disturbing.
Symptoms of esophageal cancer are not limited to difficulty swallowing food, but may include chest pain, weight loss, chronic cough, vomiting, and hoarseness. The American Cancer Society explains that when a person notices one of these symptoms, it does not necessarily mean that they have esophageal cancer. According to “Sky News”.
Doctors recommend that you consult your doctor when you notice frequent difficulty swallowing food, because early diagnosis increases the chances of treatment and recovery.
Health experts believe that people’s failure to routinely detect esophageal cancer increases the difficulty of the situation, unlike what happens in the case of other cancers, in which patients discover their infection during medical campaigns such as breast cancer.