Do patients with advanced bladder cancer feel pain?

The cause of bladder cancer is relatively complex, involving both internal genetic factors and external environmental factors. However, the main risk factors are smoking and occupational exposure to aromatic amine chemicals. The longer a person smokes, the higher the chance of developing bladder cancer. So will patients with advanced bladder cancer feel pain?

1. Patients with advanced bladder cancer will feel pain because the tumor invades the tissues and organs around the bladder, or because the pelvic lymph nodes metastasize and cause pain in the bladder area, which makes the patient's body very uncomfortable. Of course, the patient will also have corresponding symptoms such as urethrovaginal fistula and lower limb edema. When cancer cells metastasize to distant places, they will also show symptoms such as impaired function of the metastatic organs, bone pain and cachexia.

2 Not only that, advanced bladder cancer can also cause patients to experience symptoms of urinary obstruction. This is because the tumor is large, the tumor is located at the bladder neck, and there are blood clots blocking it, which can cause difficulty in urination or even urine retention. Tumor infiltration of the ureteral orifice can cause upper urinary tract obstruction, causing patients to experience low back pain, hydronephrosis, and renal damage. Ten percent of patients also experience advanced symptoms such as frequent urination, urgency, and pain when urinating.

3. Bladder cancer patients may also have hematuria. This symptom occurs in the early stages and is painless macroscopic hematuria. This type of hematuria is generally intermittent throughout the entire process, but it can also manifest as initial hematuria or terminal hematuria. Some patients may also excrete blood clots or necrotic tissue. The duration of hematuria and the amount of bleeding are related to the malignancy, stage, size, number, range, and morphology of the tumor, but they are not necessarily proportional.

Patients with advanced bladder cancer will feel pain, which will be aggravated when the cancer cells metastasize. Therefore, patients with bladder cancer should go to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible. The earlier the treatment, the better the effect of the treatment. Patients should follow the doctor's instructions and follow the treatment plan. Don't put too much psychological pressure on yourself and have the confidence to fight the disease.