What symptom does liver cancer patient have

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In life, some people like to smoke and drink. They have a lot of pressure on the liver, which can easily lead to liver cancer. Let's share the symptoms of liver cancer with you.

What symptom does liver cancer patient have

Symptom 1: liver pain: there may be persistent or intermittent pain in the liver area, sometimes aggravated by postural changes. It can radiate to the back or right shoulder. Severe abdominal pain and peritoneum irritation may occur suddenly in patients with advanced liver cancer, which may be caused by necrosis of tumor nodules or bleeding into abdominal cavity. At this time, patients often come to the emergency department for treatment of acute abdomen. This is the most common phenomenon, the general liver cancer patients first feel pain, this time to actively cooperate with the doctor for treatment.

Symptom 2: bleeding. It is often manifested as epistaxis and subcutaneous hemorrhage, mostly due to liver tissue damage and liver failure. Portal hypertension can cause esophageal and gastric varices bleeding. When cancer tissue invades the bile duct of hepatic hilum, it can cause biliary hemorrhage.

Symptom 3: jaundice, ascites and pruritus are common symptoms of liver cancer. About 1 / 3 cases have jaundice in the course of onset. The reason of jaundice is that the tumor invades the main intrahepatic bile duct and the hilar lymph node metastasis oppresses the extrahepatic bile duct. Ascites is often caused by the patient's original liver cirrhosis, cancer tissue invading into the vein and forming tumor thrombus, and tumor nodules compressing the portal vein. Ascites tend to accumulate very quickly, can be grass yellow or blood color. Pruritus is a common symptom of liver disease and liver cancer.

matters needing attention

In the early stage of liver cancer, you can eat some high-quality protein, such as lean meat, milk, beans and so on, to prevent hypoproteinemia, but in the late stage of liver cancer, when the liver function is not good, you need to control the protein intake. Don't eat greasy food in daily life, and keep in a good mood, don't do strenuous exercise.