Will children who often eat snacks cause liver cancer? What are the symptoms of late-stage liver cancer?

In recent years, the increase in hepatitis B patients has also led to an increase in liver cancer patients. According to statistics, liver cancer is the second most common cancer in China, second only to lung cancer in terms of prevalence. The early symptoms of liver cancer are not very obvious, but this period is often the golden period for liver cancer treatment. In fact, the appearance of some symptoms also means that liver cancer has entered the middle and late stages.

1. Weight loss and fatigue

This symptom often occurs in the middle and late stages of liver cancer. It may be that tumor metabolites cause changes in the body's biochemical metabolism, reduced food intake, and cachexia in severe cases.

2. Fever

The fever caused by liver cancer is generally around 37.5'C~38℃, occasionally reaching above 39℃, with irregular fever pattern, often without chills. Fever is more common in the afternoon, and sometimes remittent high fever can also be seen. Fever can be caused by tumor necrosis or its metabolites.

3. Digestive tract symptoms

Common symptoms include decreased appetite, upper abdominal fullness after meals, or even nausea, vomiting or diarrhea.

4. Pain

This is a common symptom in patients with liver cancer. The pain is usually located in the liver area. The pain in the liver area of ​​patients with mid-to-late stage liver cancer is usually located in the right rib or under the xiphoid process. The nature of the pain is mostly persistent dull pain, or stabbing pain. A small number of patients may also have special manifestations of pain. Patients with liver cancer may also have referred pain in other parts of the body. The pain area of ​​some patients is located in the upper and middle abdomen, which is mostly caused by left lobe liver cancer. However, it is sometimes misdiagnosed as a stomach disease and treatment is delayed. Some patients may experience right shoulder pain.

Clinically, it is more common in tumors near the diaphragm of the right lobe. Because it affects the diaphragm, it causes referred pain in the right shoulder, which is easily misdiagnosed as frozen shoulder. When liver cancer metastasizes to other parts of the body, symptoms of metastatic lesions will appear. Metastasis to the lungs may cause chest pain; metastasis to the bones may cause bone pain, etc. Therefore, when liver cancer patients experience chest pain or bone pain, it should be considered that liver cancer metastasis is the cause.

Clinically, a small number of patients may experience sudden severe pain in the liver area, which is mostly caused by rupture and bleeding of cancerous nodules located on the surface of the liver. If the patient is also accompanied by dizziness, blurred vision, palpitations, and low blood pressure, it mostly indicates that the cancerous nodule has ruptured and is complicated by severe internal bleeding. If this happens, emergency rescue should be carried out in time.

5. Other symptoms

Patients with hepatitis, cirrhosis or invasive tumor growth that causes liver decompensation may have a bleeding tendency, such as nosebleeds, gingival and subcutaneous ecchymosis, etc.; hypoproteinemia may also occur, leading to edema, ascites, abdominal distension, etc.

Children often eat snacks and cause liver cancer

The colorful snacks and sweet drinks in supermarkets, the sausages, fried chicken, and milk tea on the street, the French fries, cola, and hamburgers in fast food restaurants, and even the delicious fish and meat you prepare for your children on the table, all pose a great threat to children's health. Because they are all high-calorie, low-nutrition junk food, they will only make our children fat, and leave some food additives that children cannot metabolize in their young bodies, causing health risks in the future.

To prevent liver cancer, stay away from these foods

1. Instant noodles

A pack of instant noodles can contain up to 25 kinds of food additives, the most common of which are monosodium glutamate, caramel color, citric acid, tertiary butylhydroquinone, etc. Children who consume products containing citric acid for a long time may suffer from hypocalcemia.

2. Ham

The additives contained include sodium nitrite, potassium sorbate, etc. Among them, sodium nitrite may generate carcinogenic nitrosamines in the body.

3. Jelly

Potassium sorbate, citric acid and carrageenan are the most commonly used additives. Excessive intake of potassium sorbate can cause allergic reactions and affect children's absorption of calcium.

4. Cookies

The additives include sodium metabisulfite, citric acid, and sorbitol. Large amounts of sodium metabisulfite can damage cells and are biologically toxic.

5. Potato chips

Possible additives include monosodium glutamate, disodium 5'-guanylate, etc. Both of the above are prohibited from being used in infant food.