What medicine can be used to treat complications of bladder cancer? What are the symptoms of complications of bladder cancer?

Clinically, many diseases will cause complications, and bladder cancer is one of the more obvious complications. So what should we do when complications of bladder cancer occur? Are the complications of bladder cancer incurable?

Complications of bladder cancer are not incurable

1. Common clinical complications of bladder cancer include urinary retention, bladder cancer pain, and severe hematuria. Bladder tumors will directly reach the menstrual blood along the lymphatic vessels, and then spread and cancer cells can be directly implanted. Lymphatic metastasis is the most common type of bladder cancer. Once bladder cancer metastasizes, it can metastasize to the inside and outside of the iliac bones, or to the obturator lymph nodes and common iliac lymph nodes.

2. When caring for patients, many family members will ask about the complications of bladder cancer. The blood-borne metastasis of bladder cancer often occurs in the late stage of the disease. The primary site of metastasis is the liver, followed by the lungs and bones. There are reports of bladder cancer metastases to the skin, heart, kidneys, stomach, etc., but these are only a minority.

3. Bladder cancer can spread directly to the patient's prostate or posterior urethra, and can also extend outside the bladder or to the mucosa at the top of the bladder. The metastasis of tumor cells can occur during the patient's surgery, and there will be a lump after the surgery. Common complications after bladder cancer surgery include anuria, pelvic infection, bleeding, and wound rupture. Common complications of radiotherapy include blood in the stool, frequent urination, urgency, tenesmus, rectal perforation, and intestinal ileus. Complications caused by arterial infusion chemotherapy are common in ruptured blood vessels and burning pain in the buttocks.

4. Early stage bladder cancer patients often have no special positive signs, and positive signs often appear in the middle and late stages of the disease. For example, superficial lymph node metastasis manifests as lymph node enlargement; lung metastasis manifests as weakened lung breath sounds, or combined with dry and wet rales; liver metastasis manifests as enlarged liver borders, cloudy capsules, or jaundice; bone metastasis manifests as tenderness at the metastatic site; when systemic failure occurs and cachexia manifests, positive signs such as weight loss and anemia become more obvious.

5. If the tumor infiltrates the ureteral opening or grows at the ureteral opening, it can cause ureteral dilatation, leading to hydronephrosis and increased kidney size. When bladder cancer metastasizes to the lungs, liver, and bones, corresponding symptoms such as cough, shortness of breath, abnormal liver function, pain in the liver area, and bone pain in a certain part of the body appear. A systematic examination should be conducted to make a timely diagnosis and early treatment.

The complications of bladder cancer are not incurable. Even if complications occur, we should try our best to treat them, because no matter what difficulties occur, working hard to overcome them can make our lives full of hope.