What does itching of the stomach mean?

Our skin is very prone to itching. Most people attribute itching to skin diseases. Sometimes itching may also be caused by diseases of other organs in the body. Itching in different parts of the body represents different diseases. In particular, itching of the stomach skin usually occurs in the elderly. So what are the signs of itchy stomach skin?

Gastric cancer is a type of malignant tumor. The disease most commonly occurs in people over 50 years old. The harm caused by gastric cancer is very serious, and severe cases may threaten life and health. Therefore, people need to fully understand the relevant knowledge of the disease and actively and effectively carry out treatment.

People with gastric cancer will experience many systemic symptoms, including skin symptoms. The most common skin symptom is itching, and severe patients may even develop pruritus. The skin of some gastric cancer patients will become red and very sensitive, and they are likely to develop skin diseases such as dermatomyositis and herpes zoster.

In addition to skin symptoms, patients with gastric cancer may also experience digestive tract symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite. As the disease progresses, patients may also experience difficulty swallowing, jaundice, abdominal pain, weight loss, nausea, and black stools. The most serious condition is that lymph metastasis may occur and invade various organs of the body, which can be life-threatening.

Gastric cancer is a disease that not only has complex clinical manifestations, but also has a variety of causes. The causes of gastric cancer generally include poor eating habits, genetic factors, viral infections, immune system diseases, drug stimulation, environmental factors, etc. This shows the severity of gastric cancer.

For diseases such as gastric cancer, if you find out you are ill, you should get checked and treated in time. Common methods for checking gastric cancer include abdominal ultrasound, fiber gastroscopy, positron emission imaging, X-ray barium meal, etc. The doctor will make a diagnosis based on the results of the examination.

If gastric cancer is diagnosed, timely treatment is required. Nowadays, the most common treatment for gastric cancer is surgery, which can be divided into palliative surgery and radical surgery. In addition to this type of treatment, patients also need to adopt immunotherapy, traditional Chinese medicine treatment, heat therapy, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and other methods. When choosing a treatment method, you need to listen to the doctor's advice to achieve good results. During treatment, you should take appropriate nutritional supplements, eat less irritating foods, get more rest, and ensure enough sleep, so that you can have a better treatment effect.