What are the symptoms of liver cancer? Three symptoms indicate that you have liver cancer

1. Weight loss and fatigue. Patients with liver cancer often feel more fatigued than patients with other tumors, which is similar to patients with chronic hepatitis. The cause of fatigue is unknown. It may be due to digestive dysfunction, impaired nutrient absorption leading to energy deficiency, or liver cell damage, decreased liver function, metabolic disorders, failure to inactivate certain toxins in time, or necrosis of liver cancer tissues releasing toxic substances. Weight loss is a common symptom of liver cancer, which is caused by damaged liver function and decreased digestion and absorption function. As the disease progresses, the degree of weight loss may worsen. In severe cases, liver cancer may present with cachexia, which is also a common symptom of liver cancer.

2. Fever. A considerable number of patients will experience sweating and fever, which are symptoms of liver cancer. Most of the fevers are low to moderate, and a small number of patients may have high fevers, above 39°C. Usually, liver cancer symptoms are not accompanied by chills. The fever of liver cancer is mostly cancer fever, which is caused by the release of pyrogens into the blood circulation after tumor necrosis.

3. Edema of the lower limbs Patients with liver cancer and ascites often have edema of the lower limbs. In mild cases, it occurs at the ankles, and in severe cases, it can spread to the entire lower limbs. Clinically, some patients have been seen with severe edema of the lower limbs, and fluid can seep out from the thigh skin. The main cause of edema of the lower limbs is that ascites compresses the veins of the lower limbs or cancer thrombus blocks the venous return. Mild edema can also be caused by low plasma albumin. This is also a common symptom of liver cancer.