Is advanced liver cancer contagious?

In fact, whether advanced liver cancer is contagious is mainly related to the cause of liver cancer. If the liver tumor is caused by some viral hepatitis, advanced liver cancer is generally contagious without antiviral treatment. If the liver tumor is caused by some other factors, not by related viral infection, it is generally not contagious in advanced liver cancer. Hepatitis B virus infection can be found in more than 80% of liver cancers, but about 20% of the disease is not caused by viral hepatitis.

Advanced liver cancer symptoms

In the late stage of liver cancer, there will be a variety of symptoms such as significant weight loss, malnutrition, obvious ascites pain, lower limb edema, etc. It is also easy to have hepatic encephalopathy, hepatic coma, gastrointestinal bleeding, fatigue, loss of appetite and other symptoms. Elevated bilirubin will also cause some jaundice symptoms, such as dark yellow skin, mucous membranes, and conjunctiva. Living in the late stage of liver cancer, the immunity is low, it is easy to have bacterial infection, and it is easy to cause fever.

What to do if you have liver cancer and vomit?

The main reason is that liver cancer causes abnormal liver and kidney function, elevated transaminases and creatinine, leading to nausea, vomiting and digestive system symptoms. Liver cancer needs to metastasize to the stomach, intestines and abdomen, leading to the possibility of intestinal obstruction. A comprehensive examination of vomiting symptoms is conducted, and symptomatic drug treatment is carried out based on the examination results. Surgery can be used for liver cancer without metastasis, and interventional embolization and arterial infusion chemotherapy are mainly used for metastasis. The purpose of treatment is to prolong their survival and improve their quality of life.