Symptoms before death from advanced liver cancer

Liver cancer is one of the more common malignant tumors, which can easily pose a great threat to our lives. Once liver cancer develops to the late stage, what are the symptoms? This is also a question that patients are more concerned about. Let us introduce the symptoms of liver cancer in the late stage before death.

1. Pain, which is the most obvious and the main one. Liver failure causes multi-system dysfunction such as pigmentation, malnutrition, water in the whole body, abdominal effusion (extreme swelling in severe cases), decreased immunity, decreased blood protein, bleeding tendency, etc.

2. Damage to important organs: In important organs, cancer cells invade and directly destroy the normal structure of the organs, which can cause organ damage and lead to death. The most important organ is the brain, which contains the respiratory and circulatory centers. If the tumor blocks important ducts, it can easily lead to death. Liver cancer causes blockage of the common bile duct, which can cause jaundice, liver function and digestive dysfunction, which is the cause of death.

3. Metabolic abnormalities and bleeding: It can be caused by metastatic tumors or ectopic secretions. Common symptoms include hypercalcemia, hypoglycemia, and purine and urate metabolic disorders, which may even lead to renal failure and death. Bleeding: Bleeding in liver cancer patients can be caused by bone marrow hematopoietic function inhibition, thrombocytopenia, or direct damage to blood vessels by cancer cells, or severe infection that damages blood vessels, leading to rupture of blood vessels. Large amounts of blood loss can cause death. Bleeding is a very serious symptom before death in the late stage of liver cancer.

4. Cachexia caused by nutritional depletion: The growth of cancer cells consumes a lot of nutrients in people. The patient is seriously ill and reduces the intake of nutrients. Over time, anemia, edema, fatigue, and even extreme hunger malnutrition, which is the "cachexia" state, will occur, and eventually die from system failure.

Some opinions from liver cancer experts:

1. Patients with a history of liver diseases such as hepatitis B and hepatitis C should undergo regular checkups to ensure early detection, diagnosis and treatment of liver cancer. For patients with liver cancer that develops on the basis of hepatitis, attention should be paid to the importance of antiviral treatment. Early antiviral treatment can effectively control the progression of liver cancer.

2. Once liver cancer is diagnosed, a reasonable individualized treatment plan for liver cancer should be selected based on the size and location of the tumor, the presence or absence of intrahepatic and extrahepatic metastasis, and the patient's general condition. Currently, surgical resection is still the most effective means of treating liver cancer.

3. Liver transplantation is an effective means of curing liver cancer, especially for patients with small hepatocellular carcinoma who have cirrhosis and liver decompensation. However, its indications should be strictly controlled for advanced liver cancer.

4. Regular follow-up after liver cancer surgery is very important. Imaging examinations and dynamic monitoring of AFP changes should be performed regularly.