There’s a small but impeccable “neighbor” – the GIST – hidden in our entourage system. You can imagine that the stomach and the intestines are like old urban areas in our body, the streets are crumbling, the neighborhoods are tight, and the mesothelioma is like an “immediate guest” that happens in this old city, and it’s likely to get us stuck in silently from time to time.
What exactly is this “uninvited visitor”?
The gastrointestinal mesothelioma, which comes not from the “indigenous people” of the stomach wall or the intestine wall, but from the invisible, but vital, mesmopolitan tissues, like the alleys and aisles in the old city, but without them, this place will not be like this. The gastrointestinal mesothelioma is like “constructive” in these alleys, and may initially be just a small corner, but as long as it lasts, it may grow and even affect the “old neighbours” around it.
Where does this “uninvited visitor” like to hide?
It’s crafty, and any corner of the gastrointestinal tract could be its hideout, but the most frequent places are stomach, intestines, colons and esophagus. Moreover, this guy can change in particular, sometimes as small as a beans, sometimes as big, hard-core, and possibly with pits or several “rooms”.
What’s it like?
The guy with the gastrointestinal membrane, he could have been honest at first. But don’t underestimate it. Once it’s “Face Up,” it’s gonna make you feel better. It may take up the space of a neighbor, give you a stomach ache, or even a piece of a bag; it may also destroy the veins of the gastrointestinal tract, cause you to spit blood or black out; and, worse still, it may set up “roadblocks” to keep food and digestive fluids out of the way, causing intestinal infarction.
Two faces.
And when it comes to gastrointestinal membrane, this guy really means a little double. Some tumours are like the rules-based “good kids”, grow slow, clear borders, have little influence around them, and we call them benign or potentially malicious. But some tumours, like naughty “brothers”, grow fast, blurry borders, cause trouble, violate surrounding organs, and even “close doors” everywhere, and we have to put them in the kind of bad.
How do we deal with this “unhurried visitor”?
We need to be prepared for the “uninhabited” in his stomach: one hand for surgery and one hand for drug treatment. The operation is like bringing in a professional “dismantling team” to remove these illegal buildings (oncology). The tumour is small, and we’re going to have a micro-intelligent operation, like a small excavator, and we’re going to have to dig it out with our hands and feet; if the tumour is big, we’re going to have to do a diarrhea, and we’re going to have to use a big disassembly, and we’re going to clean it up.
When the operation is over, the doctor has to look closely at the results of the pathological examination and assess the level of risk to the patient, as he did at the demolition site. Low-risk patients are much more relaxed after the operation, but high-risk patients continue to take medication to prevent the tumour “re-emergence”.
Target-to-pharmaceutical treatment is like a special “venom” for these “immediate guests”. These drugs can strike the tumor target precisely, like missiles, and directly destroy the growth environment of the tumor so that it can no longer be aggressive. Common target treatment drugs, one line of drugs (e.g., Imatini), two line drugs (e.g., Shunidini) and three line drugs (e.g., Rigofini) etc. Which drug? It depends on the genetic mutation of the patient, which is like equipping different “enemys” with different “weapons”.
New life after treatment.
After surgery or medication, the patient’s life has to change a little. For example, more emphasis should be placed on dietary equilibrium and nutritional ingestion, as if it were a “casualty” care for the body; it was also necessary to visit the hospital regularly for review and follow-up, as if there was a periodic medical examination of the body, in time to detect and address any minor problems that might arise.
The gastrointestinal membrane, though a less well-known “neighbor”, can be found and treated in a timely manner, allowing it to remain in its stomach and not to be disturbed. It is as if we were faced with a breach in the old city, and if we were to dismantle it in a timely manner and make a proper follow-up, we could restore order and beauty to the old town. So let’s not be afraid and ignore the “uninvited visitor” in our belly!
