Three “Silent” Symptoms of Stomach Cancer: Check Yourself and Your Husband!

Survival of stomach cancer is closely linked to when it is discovered. But, as Andrei Pavlenko, an oncologist, operating surgeon and head of the oncology center of the Pirogov Clinic of High Medical Technologies of St. Petersburg University, said in one of his interviews, most people are already admitted to the hospital in the third stage. of the disease.

This is due, according to Pavlenko, to the fact that in Russia there are no state screening programs that would help detect stomach cancer while it is still in its early form. However, at such times, nothing bothers the person, so there is no wonder that he is not in a hurry to see a doctor.

In August 2022, experts from the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) revealed what stomach cancer patients complained about most often before being diagnosed. Among the “silent” symptoms, doctors have identified four that occur most often.

The first is a quick feeling of fullness: people have said they begin to fill up in much smaller portions than usual. The second oddity was the loss of appetite – as many patients noted that they began to experience an aversion to meat. And finally, the third symptom is a gray coating on the tongue, which makes the mucous membrane shiny and smooth.

If you realize any of these signs are seen in you or your family members, be sure to seek medical attention. This should be done as soon as possible if these manifestations of the disease are accompanied by others.

The first manifestations of stomach cancer are as follows: