The harm of bladder cancer to patients

Bladder cancer, which is common in middle-aged and elderly people, has a very serious impact on the urinary system, so patients must face up to the impact of this disease and actively receive corresponding treatment in clinical practice. If it is not well controlled, it may lead to further expansion of cancer cells, thereby having a bad impact on other functions of the body.

At present, the most common symptom of bladder cancer is hematuria. Generally speaking, the symptom of hematuria is not painful and usually occurs intermittently. Hematuria can be divided into two situations. The more serious situation is that which can be observed with the naked eye. This is generally not an early symptom of bladder cancer. The following is an introduction to the symptoms of bladder cancer:
Symptoms of bladder cancer include:
1. Hematuria is the most common first symptom of bladder cancer. 85% of patients may experience recurrent painless intermittent macroscopic hematuria. The amount of bleeding may be more or less, and in severe cases, there may be blood clots. Hematuria will occur sooner or later in 100% of the patients during the course of bladder cancer.
2. Symptoms of bladder irritation: Infiltration of the tumor itself, ulceration, necrosis, infection and blood clots of cancerous tissue can all become stimuli that cause the bladder muscles to contract and produce the urge to urinate; frequent urination (8%), urgency (8%), pain (5%) and persistent urge to urinate, persistent distension and pain in the lower back, and urinary incontinence when the tumor invades the sphincter.
3. Difficulty in urination. About 7% of bladder cancer patients experience difficulty in urination, and even urinary retention, due to the shedding of cancer tissue or the tumor itself and blood clots blocking the internal opening of the bladder.
4. Symptoms of upper urinary tract obstruction When cancer invades the ureteral orifice, it causes dilation and accumulation of water in the renal pelvis and ureteral orifice, and even infection, which can cause varying degrees of backache, back pain, fever, etc. If both sides of the ureteral orifice are invaded, symptoms of acute renal failure may occur.
5. About 3% of bladder cancer patients present with a lower abdominal mass as the first symptom, most of which are adenocarcinomas at the top of the bladder or highly malignant solid bladder cancers in other parts of the body.
It should be noted that bladder cancer can also be complicated by infection. Generally speaking, if there is a concurrent infection, the patient will also experience symptoms such as urinary tract irritation. However, if it is in the late stage of bladder cancer, the patient's chance of metastasis is very high, and the most common route of metastasis is direct invasive metastasis.
The impact of bladder cancer on the body is not limited to the urinary system, but also has effects on the digestive system and nervous system of the human body. Now that we know the above-mentioned hazards, we must make good choices in dealing with the treatment methods of the disease. Only by carrying out treatment in all aspects can we achieve twice the result with half the effort.