Young people should pay special attention to avoid misdiagnosis of gastric cancer

Gastric cancer can occur at any age, and in recent years the age of gastric cancer incidence has been getting younger, especially in people aged 19 to 35 years old, the incidence of gastric cancer has shown a clear upward trend. However, young people are obviously not mentally prepared, and almost few young people think that gastric cancer will be related to themselves. This is also the reason why gastric cancer cannot be detected early.

However, the biggest problem is that gastric cancer in young people is easily misdiagnosed. This is because the symptoms of gastric cancer in young people are hidden and lack specificity, and the disease progresses rapidly and metastasizes early. Therefore, it is often easily ignored, making diagnosis difficult. It has been reported that 50% of gastric cancer in young people is misdiagnosed as gastric ulcer.

Therefore, young people should pay attention to the following points:

1. Young people should pay attention to stomach examination when taking health check-ups, and should pay attention to any stomach lesions found;

2. Young people who already have benign stomach diseases such as gastritis and gastric ulcers should pay attention to the progression of the disease and whether it has a tendency to become malignant during treatment;

3. If you have unexplained stomach lesions, you should have a check-up in time and, if necessary, have a gastroscopy and pathology examination to rule out stomach cancer;

4. If young women experience abnormal "pregnancy reactions", they should pay attention and rule out malignant lesions in the stomach.