Advanced symptoms of hilar cholangiocarcinoma?

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Recently, my father always felt uncomfortable, always had no appetite, and often had abdominal pain. I felt very worried, so I accompanied my father to the hospital for examination. The doctor said that he had advanced hilar cholangiocarcinoma, and patients with cholangiocarcinoma often had liver metastasis or gastrointestinal metastasis. Most patients will have a sense of epigastric pain, and even due to the decline of the patient's physical function, causing systemic infection. These are the serious injuries caused by cholangiocarcinoma. Now let's talk about the advanced symptoms of hilar cholangiocarcinoma.

Advanced symptoms of hilar cholangiocarcinoma?

We must know that jaundice is the most common symptom of patients with cholangiocarcinoma. Jaundice is the result of biliary obstruction, which is mostly progressive deepening, and the main degree is related to the location and degree of obstruction. The jaundice was deeper in extrahepatic bile duct obstruction and shallower in intrahepatic bile duct obstruction. Jaundice is deeper in complete bile duct obstruction and shallower in incomplete bile duct obstruction.

We must pay attention to the late symptoms of this disease will also appear abdominal pain, the development of patients in this period may be eating after the upper abdomen mild discomfort, or xiphoid pain discomfort, or back pain, or right upper abdominal colic, the performance of nerve invasion. It can appear before or after jaundice. Fever, mostly caused by obstruction of bile duct inflammation, the incidence is low.

It must be understood that it may also have anorexia, anorexia, fatigue, weight loss, skin itching, nausea and vomiting and other accompanying symptoms, or non-specific symptoms of cancer. A few patients may have symptoms of portal hypertension, which is caused by cancer infiltrating the portal vein. The treatment of advanced cancer is difficult, but as long as the patients maintain a positive attitude and take positive treatment, the survival time of patients can be significantly prolonged.

matters needing attention

We must go to a big hospital to receive regular treatment, do a comprehensive examination, and actively cooperate with the doctor's treatment. We must pay attention to rest, personal hygiene, relax, and don't be too nervous. We can eat more fresh fruits and drink more water if we eat spicy food.