What are the symptoms of small liver cancer? What is the best treatment for small liver cancer?

When it comes to small liver cancer, many people don't know why liver cancer is divided into small and large. Small liver cancer is also a type of liver cancer, but compared with large liver cancer, the symptoms are milder, so it is called small liver cancer. So what are the symptoms of small liver cancer? How to treat it? Let's introduce it to you below.

Small liver cancer symptoms

1. Symptoms of abdominal distension:

It is often caused by enlargement of the left lobe, which compresses the stomach, and manifests as upper abdominal distension and indigestion symptoms. The presence of ascites can cause distension of the entire abdomen.

2. Fever symptoms:

The fever of liver cancer is usually between 37.5℃ and 38℃, and a few can be higher. Patients often think they have a cold and fever and seek medical treatment. The body temperature is high, but the pain is not obvious. The cause of the fever may be ischemia and necrosis inside the tumor, the absorption of necrotic products, or poor liver function and metabolic disorders that produce pyrogens.

3. Symptoms of fatigue and weight loss:

It is one of the clinical manifestations of early symptoms of small liver cancer. The consumption of liver cancer cells during proliferation, the stimulation of metabolites of cancer tissue, and malnutrition caused by eating less can all cause weight loss.

4. Pain in the liver area:

Pain in the liver area is the first symptom of small liver cancer, which manifests as intermittent or persistent dull pain or stabbing pain in the liver area in the right upper abdomen. It may resolve on its own without treatment. It is sometimes misdiagnosed as cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, or duodenal bulb ulcer. Some patients experience tightness or distension in the liver area.

5. Digestive tract symptoms:

It is a common early symptom of small liver cancer, mainly digestive dysfunction, clinically manifested as stomach enlargement, liver compression, decreased appetite, etc. Diarrhea is often caused by intestinal dysfunction caused by digestive and absorption disorders, intestinal infection, and ascites.

Diagnosis of small liver cancer

It can be diagnosed by pathology or clinical diagnosis. The clinical diagnosis is based on clinical manifestations and laboratory-related tests plus dynamic imaging examinations such as CT or MRI.

Treatment of small liver cancer

For small liver cancer tumors <3 cm, surgical resection is the main treatment. For patients with severe liver cirrhosis, local drug injection can be performed under the guidance of B-ultrasound. Generally, anhydrous ethanol is injected into the tumor. After surgical resection of small liver cancer, due to the high recurrence rate, traditional Chinese medicine, immune drugs or chemotherapy should be given after surgery.

I hope the above introduction to the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of small liver cancer can help you. I wish you a speedy recovery!