Kaka often swallows things, but be careful of the tumor in his throat! Wu Zhaokuan from the Department of Otolaryngology shared in "Doctors Are Hot" that the grandfather of a nurse friend lost about 30 pounds in half a year and was suspected to be in poor condition; Dr Wu asked practical nurse to give Grandpa a swallowing test. As a result, he found that his swallowing function was extremely poor and he felt that something was wrong. Later, practical nurse dragged his grandfather to see a doctor and found that he had stage III cancer! If you have swallowing problems, you should see a doctor as soon as possible. Cancer cells may have spread in the body. Dr. Wu Zhaokuan said in the program that food is the most important thing for people, so swallowing function is very important. But many people in China have difficulty swallowing, but they don't care. Domestic research shows that people over 65 1 have swallowing problems. Many people think that as long as there is no stroke or Parkinson's disease, there will be no swallowing problem; In fact, there are many reasons for swallowing dysfunction, including cancer. Editor's recommendation: Is earache actually caused by oropharyngeal cancer? From 3 o'clock, I began to observe whether it was otitis media or cancer alarm. Dr. Wu shared that a nurse friend told him that grandpa's weight dropped from 80 kg to 50 kg in half a year, and he coughed and became hoarse when he drank water. Although I knew I was going to the hospital for examination, my grandfather was afraid to have an endoscope and gastroscope, so he didn't report to the hospital. So Dr. Wu first asked the old man to test his swallowing function by drinking water and made a preliminary test. Unexpectedly, the old man only swallowed it completely twice in 30 seconds, four times less than the standard, and began to choke every time he finished drinking. The doctor felt something was wrong. Practical nurse later dragged his grandfather to the hospital for endoscopy. Results he found a huge lump in the hypopharynx, and then arranged gastroscopy to find that even the esophageal end had spread; Finally, the biopsy was diagnosed as "hypopharyngeal esophageal cancer stage 3"! Wu Zhaokuan explained in an interview with ETtoday Health Cloud that the location of hypopharyngeal esophageal cancer is deep, so the early symptoms are not obvious and easy to be ignored. When the patient finds hoarseness, dysphagia and a lump in the neck, it is often in the late stage of cancer, and the cancer cells have spread and the prognosis is poor. The doctor traced back to the cause of Grandpa's rapid weight loss, and thought that the recurrent laryngeal nerve responsible for vocal cord movement was compressed by a lump, which led to vocal cord paralysis and lost the function of protecting trachea. Therefore, as long as you drink water, you will choke badly, and the food is not easy to swallow, so that Grandpa has no courage to eat, and his weight will gradually fall off. There are many possible diseases of swallowing dysfunction. The doctor teaches you to test your swallowing function. According to the data of health education in the Affiliated Hospital of Asian University, in Taiwan Province Province, hypopharyngeal esophageal cancer is the third largest head and neck cancer after oral cancer and nasopharyngeal cancer. The occurrence of hypopharyngeal cancer is closely related to smoking, drinking and chewing betel nut, so people can prevent hypopharyngeal cancer by avoiding smoking, drinking and chewing betel nut. In addition, long-term chronic gastroesophageal reflux can also lead to hypopharyngeal esophageal cancer, and people who often have gastric acid upwelling must be more careful. In fact, there are many other reasons for dysphagia besides swallowing esophageal cancer; According to the data of health education in Nantou Hospital, stroke, myasthenia gravis, cerebral palsy, oral cancer, Parkinson's disease, head trauma, cognitive dysfunction, Alzheimer's disease, etc. Are all factors leading to swallowing dysfunction. When people get old, muscles will inevitably degenerate, which will affect the smooth swallowing. How do we know if they have swallowing problems? Dr. Wu Zhaokuan taught everyone in the program that as long as a glass of water is prepared, you can self-test the swallowing function; He said, drink water slowly with 5cc of water per mouthful to complete a complete swallowing action, and test how many swallowing actions he can complete in 30 seconds. If you can drink more than 6 times in 30 seconds, the function is basically no problem; If you can only finish it 3 ~ 5 times, you need to pay a little attention; If you can only finish it twice or less, you must be highly suspicious of health problems. Reference: Understand hypopharyngeal cancer in affiliated hospital of Asian university; Understand the dysphagia in Nantou Hospital; YouTube/watch？ v=7ZRGzL 15Trk