What harm does liver cancer have to the body

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What kinds of harm does liver cancer bring to human body? The importance of the liver to our body is well known. Once the liver has problems, the normal operation system of the whole body will have problems. Therefore, liver cancer is very harmful to the human body. Once it is found, it needs timely treatment, so as not to delay the disease and cause more serious consequences.

What harm does liver cancer have to the body

1. Digestive tract symptoms: Patients with liver cancer will have a loss of appetite, after meals on the stomach full. Warm air, dyspepsia, nausea, diarrhea are common gastrointestinal symptoms of liver cancer. 　　

2. 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. 　　

3. Lower limb edema in the middle and late stage of liver cancer: Patients with liver cancer and ascites often have lower limb edema, mild in the ankle, severe can spread to the whole lower limb. The main reason is that the ascites oppresses the veins of lower limbs or the tumor thrombus is blocked, which results in the obstruction of venous return. Mild edema can also be caused by low plasma albumin.

matters needing attention

Patients with liver cancer consume a lot of food, so they must have enough nutrition. The simplest way to measure a patient's nutritional status is to maintain weight. In order to maintain the normal level of body weight, the best way is to maintain a balanced diet, requiring patients to eat more fresh vegetables, and half of them should be green leafy vegetables.