10 Gastric Cancer Symptoms

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Symptom #2: Abdominal Pain

Abdominal pain, or a stomach ache, is a common symptom that can have non-serious or serious causes. The abdomen can be divided into 9 regions: right hypochondriac, epigastric, left hypochondriac, left lumbar, umbilical, right lumbar, right iliac, suprapubic, and left iliac regions. In these patients, the pain will be usually located in the epigastric region of the abdomen. Other causes of epigastric pain will be of biliary (i.e. cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, and cholangitis), gastric (esophagitis, gastritis, and peptic ulcer disease), pancreatic (pancreatitis, pancreatic mass), cardiac (myocardial infarction or pericarditis) or vascular origins (aortic dissection or mesenteric ischemia). Also, early appendicitis may be a colonic cause.

Abdominal pain is an uncommon symptom in patients with gastric cancer. However, patients who experience persistent abdominal pain should seek medical attention to rule out serious causes.

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