10 Esophageal Cancer Symptoms
5. Vomiting of Blood
Esophageal cancer may cause gradual bleeding into the esophagus. Hence, people with this condition may experience hematemesis or the vomiting of blood from the upper portion of the gastrointestinal tract.
However, this can be a symptom of many other medical conditions.
In hematemesis, the vomit may either have a brownish (“coffee-ground appearance”) or a bright red color. These characteristics will be dependent on whether the gastric juices were able to come into contact with the blood from the lesion. Although this symptom is rare in esophageal cancer, if it is sudden and severe it must be treated as a medical emergency.
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