What are the early symptoms of liver cancer? How to prevent liver cancer?

For example, liver cancer is common, but many people only know about it as "Oh, liver cancer, I know, it's incurable". In fact, this is very one-sided, because liver cancer, as long as it is discovered in time, the treatment effect of early liver cancer is still relatively ideal. So, how should we detect early liver cancer? Let's take a look at the following introduction!

Early symptoms of liver cancer

1. Pain in the liver area

About 80 to 90 percent of hepatitis B patients will experience pain in the liver area. This pain is characterized by chronic, persistent dull pain, and is also accompanied by fatigue, nausea, vomiting, and poor appetite. When bleeding occurs under the liver capsule or blood passes through the liver capsule into the abdominal cavity, the pain in the liver area worsens, accompanied by peritoneal injury signs such as upper abdominal tenderness and muscle tightness, which is unbearable.

2. Fever

A large number of liver cancer patients will have a low fever without chills, and a small number of patients will have a high fever, which can reach above 39°C. Most liver cancer fevers are cancerous fevers, which are caused by the release of pyrogens into the blood circulation after tumor tissue necrosis.

3. Weight loss and fatigue

Due to the invasion of the disease, liver cells are damaged, liver function declines, metabolic disorders and digestive disorders occur, patients have no appetite or have difficulty eating, and over time, the patients become emaciated and weak.

4. Lower limb edema

Most patients with liver cancer will experience lower limb edema. Mild cases mainly affect the ankles, while severe cases may affect the entire lower limbs. Some patients also have severe lower limb edema, with fluid seeping out of the thigh skin.

5. Digestive tract symptoms

Loss of appetite, worse after meals. Upper abdominal distension. Warm breath, indigestion, nausea, fatigue, weight loss, etc. are the early digestive tract symptoms of liver cancer, among which loss of appetite and abdominal distension are the most common. Diarrhea is also a common early symptom of liver cancer.

The above is an introduction to the early symptoms of liver cancer. In daily life, everyone must pay more attention to it. Once abnormalities are found, see a doctor in time. In addition, liver cancer can cause great harm to people, so in daily life, we must do a good job of protection. In order to effectively prevent liver cancer, we should do the following:

1. Hepatitis B vaccine injection

There is no good way to treat hepatitis, so prevention is the key. Hepatitis B virus is transmitted through body fluids (such as blood, secretions, etc.), so special attention must be paid to the hygiene of blood products. In addition, it is important to remind you that vaccination with hepatitis B vaccine is the simplest and most effective way to prevent hepatitis.

2. Do not eat moldy food

It is absolutely forbidden to eat moldy food, because moldy food contains a large amount of carcinogen - aflatoxin, which can induce liver cancer. In daily life, foods such as corn, rice, melon seeds, peanuts, etc. are more prone to mold, so you should pay more attention to it.

3. Good lifestyle

Reduce nitrosamine intake and quit smoking and drinking. Excessive drinking can easily lead to alcoholic hepatitis, reduce immune function, and damage the liver's detoxification function.

4. Regular inspection

People with a family history, long-term alcoholism, diabetes, and those over 40 are all at high risk of liver cancer. In addition to taking the cancer prevention measures mentioned above (preventing hepatitis, not eating moldy food, etc.), these people must also undergo regular physical examinations. They can do B-ultrasound + serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFp) tests, which are very helpful in detecting early liver cancer.