Prevention of gallbladder cancer starts with understanding its symptoms

Most cases of gallbladder cancer are related to gallstones. In order to avoid fever and digestive tract symptoms caused by gallbladder cancer, timely symptomatic treatment is the key. So what are the main symptoms of gallbladder cancer ?

1. Symptoms of gallbladder cancer: digestive tract symptoms: most of them are persistent pain in the right upper abdomen, which may be paroxysmal and aggravated, radiating to the right shoulder and waist and back. This symptom accounts for 84%. Since gallbladder cancer often coexists with gallstones and inflammation, the nature of the pain is similar to that of calculous cholecystitis. It starts with discomfort in the right upper abdomen, followed by persistent dull pain or dull pain, sometimes accompanied by paroxysmal severe pain and radiating to the right shoulder.

2. Pain in the right upper abdomen: Most (90%) suffer from indigestion, aversion to greasy food, belching, and decreased appetite. This is due to the gallbladder's inability to digest fat. Nausea and vomiting are also quite common, and there is often a loss of appetite.

3. Jaundice: Due to the spread of gallbladder cancer, about 1/3 to 1/2 of patients will experience jaundice. The symptoms of gallbladder cancer are that jaundice is the first symptom in a few patients, and most jaundice occurs after pain. The jaundice is persistent and progressively worsens. A few patients show intermittent jaundice. Jaundice often appears in the late stage of the disease, accounting for 36.5%, and is mostly caused by cancer tissue invading the bile duct and causing malignant obstruction. The early symptoms of gallbladder cancer are accompanied by weight loss, fatigue, and even cachexia, yellowing of the skin and mucous membranes, and difficult-to-treat skin itching.

4. Other symptoms of gallbladder cancer include chills and fever: these symptoms often occur in the late stages of gallbladder cancer. 25.9% of patients experience fever, which may persist and cause pain in the right upper abdomen.

I hope that the above introduction to the symptoms of gallbladder cancer will be helpful to everyone. If the above symptoms occur, it is not necessarily a manifestation of gallbladder cancer. I just hope that everyone can pay attention to it, diagnose it early, and receive timely treatment to avoid delaying the best treatment time. I hope everyone can maintain a healthy body and a happy mood.