Bladder cancer symptoms: Uncovering the different “masks” of early and late stage bladder cancer

Bladder cancer is a common malignant tumor and a type of urinary system disease. It has a very high incidence rate and is more common in male patients. If you can detect the disease in its early stages, it will play a very positive role in the treatment of the disease. So, how can you detect the disease in time? What are the early and late symptoms of bladder cancer?

The early symptoms of bladder cancer include:

1. Frequent urination and urgency: If the patient's cancer grows in the patient's bladder triangle, bladder symptoms will appear earlier, such as frequent urination and urgency. If you have unexplained urinary pain symptoms, you should suspect that it is caused by bladder cancer.

2. Hematuria: Patients with common bladder cancer symptoms do not feel anything, but the presence of hematuria can be seen with the naked eye. This is also a typical symptom of bladder cancer, and almost all patients will have this symptom.

3. Pain: If the tumor invades a wide area and is very deep, pain symptoms will appear. If the tumor is at the bladder neck, it will also cause urethral obstruction in the patient, and in severe cases there will even be symptoms of urinary retention.

The advanced symptoms of bladder cancer include:

1. Metastasis symptoms: Advanced bladder cancer will have symptoms such as anemia, edema, nausea, vomiting, weight loss, etc. If the cancer metastasizes to the lymph nodes and invades most of the pelvic lymph nodes, there will be lower limb radiating pain, pain, lower limb reflux disorder, etc. If it metastasizes to the bones, there will also be bone pain symptoms at the metastatic site.

2. Bladder irritation symptoms: This type of patient will have symptoms of frequent urination and painful urination. Generally, this symptom indicates that the patient has invasive bladder cancer or primary carcinoma in situ. Other bladder irritation symptoms include penile pain, pubic pain, etc.

3. Abnormal urination: A small number of bladder cancer patients may experience urination difficulties and discharge of abnormal substances. If the malignancy is high, it will quickly spread to the patient's prostate, causing urination difficulties or even urine retention.

This is the end of the introduction to the early and late symptoms of bladder cancer. After reading the above introduction, you should have understood the symptoms of bladder cancer. Finally, the editor would like to remind everyone that in daily life, if the above symptoms of bladder cancer appear, you must pay attention to it and actively go to a regular hospital for regular examination and treatment.