What are the hazards of primary liver cancer in the elderly?

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Liver cancer is the malignant tumor of liver, which can be divided into primary and secondary. Primary liver cancer originates from the epithelial or mesenchymal tissue of the liver. The former is called primary liver cancer, which is a high incidence and harmful malignant tumor in China; The latter is called sarcoma, which is rare compared with primary liver cancer. Secondary or metastatic liver cancer refers to the invasion of malignant tumors originating from multiple organs into the liver. It is commonly seen in liver metastasis of malignant tumors in stomach, biliary tract, pancreas, colorectal, ovary, uterus, lung, breast and other organs. Now let's talk about the harm of primary liver cancer in the elderly?

What are the hazards of primary liver cancer in the elderly?

1. Decline in resistance: liver cancer will lead to a series of digestive system symptoms, patients will have anorexia, indigestion, emaciation, physical decline, decline in resistance and immunity and other serious problems, which is easy to lead to various forms of infection in patients, making its treatment more troublesome.

2. Upper gastrointestinal bleeding: 15% of the death causes of primary liver cancer. Hematemesis or melena may occur due to rupture of varices in the lower esophagus or gastric fundus due to portal hypertension or cancer thrombus in portal vein or hepatic vein due to cirrhosis, or extensive bleeding due to gastrointestinal mucosal erosion, ulcer and coagulation function.

3. Acute abdomen: rupture of cancerous nodule usually causes pain in the liver area, and obvious tenderness in the liver area during physical examination, which is a symptom of liver capsule stimulation. Some patients with ruptured tumor nodules showed acute abdominal pain accompanied with peritoneal irritation, which was easily misdiagnosed as acute peritonitis. Abdominal pain caused by rupture of cancer nodules is usually accompanied by blood pressure drop or even shock, which is different from general acute peritonitis.

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Acute abdomen: rupture of cancer nodule usually causes pain in the liver area. Obvious tenderness in the liver area during physical examination is a symptom of liver capsule irritation. Some patients with ruptured tumor nodules showed acute abdominal pain accompanied with peritoneal irritation, which was easily misdiagnosed as acute peritonitis. Abdominal pain caused by rupture of cancer nodules is usually accompanied by blood pressure drop or even shock, which is different from general acute peritonitis.