When esophageal cancer reaches the late stage, the obstruction of patients' esophagus is very strong, and it is easy to be dilated and retained, which will result in the reflux of food when eating and drinking, and the reflux material is also relatively sticky, and sometimes it may also bleed or necrotic shedding of the tissue mass. When the cancer compresses the recurrent laryngeal nerve, it can cause hoarseness; invades the phrenic nerve, it can cause hiccups or phrenic nerve paralysis; compresses the trachea or bronchus, it can cause shortness of breath and dry cough; and erodes the aorta, it can cause fatal hemorrhage.

Esophageal cancer late stage symptom 2: spreading and metastasis

The symptoms of advanced esophageal cancer after extensive metastasis in the whole body include jaundice, ascites, abnormal liver function, special difficulty in breathing, coughing, dizziness, etc. The tumor invading into the outer lining of the esophagus may also lead to dizziness. Tumor invasion into the esophageal lining may also cause esophageal perforation, esophageal tracheal fistula, esophageal mediastinal fistula; blockage of the esophagus by tumor in advanced esophageal cancer patients may cause complete obstruction, dehydration, electrolyte disorders, malignant stasis and systemic failure. The most typical symptom of advanced esophageal cancer is that solid food cannot be swallowed smoothly at the beginning, or it can be swallowed after being washed down with soup and water, and then semi-liquid diet is also blocked, and finally liquid diet is also difficult to be swallowed. The degree of dysphagia is closely related to the type of pathology, with the constrictive and medullary types being more severe.

The above is Beijing tumor expert Zhang Xiulan explains the details for you, I hope it can help you, and wish you a good recovery.