What are the symptoms of liver cancer? Introduction to the symptoms of liver cancer

When it comes to liver cancer, many people will directly think that there is something wrong with the liver. This is indeed the case. The liver is sick due to malignant tumors. How can we judge the occurrence of liver cancer? This requires us to judge by symptoms. Next, let us learn about the symptoms of liver cancer.

Liver cancer refers to malignant tumors that occur in the liver, including primary liver cancer and metastatic liver cancer. The liver cancer that people talk about in daily life refers to primary liver cancer. Primary liver cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors in clinical practice. According to the latest statistics, there are about 600,000 new liver cancer patients in the world each year, ranking fifth among malignant tumors. Primary liver cancer can be divided into hepatocellular carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma and mixed liver cancer according to cell typing. According to the morphology of the tumor, it can be divided into nodular type, massive type and diffuse type. Primary liver cancer is a high-incidence type in my country, generally more common in men than in women. China is a major country for hepatitis B. Most of the liver cancer in my country develops on the basis of hepatitis B cirrhosis. The number of hepatitis C patients is also gradually increasing, and hepatitis B will also develop into liver cancer. At present, the number of patients in my country accounts for more than half of the world's cases and 55% of the world's liver cancer patients. It has become a major killer that seriously threatens the health and life of the Chinese people, and its danger should not be underestimated.

Symptoms

The early manifestations of liver cancer are very atypical and are often easily overlooked. The following symptoms can be used as a reference:

1. Obvious loss of appetite: abdominal distension, indigestion, sometimes nausea and vomiting;

2. Dull pain in the right upper abdomen: There may be persistent or intermittent pain in the liver area, which may sometimes be aggravated by changes in body position;

3. Fatigue, weight loss, unexplained fever and edema;

4. Jaundice, ascites, and skin itching;

5. It often manifests as nose bleeding, subcutaneous bleeding, etc.

Some typical symptoms of liver cancer will only occur when the disease progresses to the middle or late stage, when the chance of surgery is often lost, so regular self-examination is very important. If you feel tired and weak and cannot be relieved, it may be a sign of liver disease; if you feel a dull feeling in the pit of your stomach, or a dull pain in the upper right part of your abdomen, a sense of oppression and discomfort, weight loss, unexplained fever, and jaundice, you should go to the hospital for examination as soon as possible.

I believe that through the introduction of this article, readers have some understanding of the main symptoms of liver cancer. As long as we can detect the disease in time in our lives, we can save time for treatment. If we take preventive measures for related diseases in daily life, we can effectively prevent the occurrence of diseases.