What are the symptoms before death in advanced liver cancer? Four common symptoms before death in advanced liver cancer patients

The harmfulness of liver cancer cannot be ignored. The symptoms of this disease are generally not particularly obvious in the early stages of the disease, so many people tend to ignore the severity of the disease. In the late stages of the disease, the symptoms of liver cancer are more obvious, so everyone should also pay attention to changes in their bodies.

(1) Bleeding tendency: Gastrointestinal bleeding is common in the late stage of liver cancer and is also a symptom before death from liver cancer. It is mainly caused by portal hypertension leading to esophageal varices. Gingival bleeding, subcutaneous ecchymosis and other bleeding tendencies are common in patients with liver cancer combined with cirrhosis. They are mainly caused by damaged liver function and abnormal coagulation function. Therefore, patients with liver cancer should pay attention to severe bleeding.

(2) Hepatic encephalopathy: Hepatic encephalopathy is a manifestation of terminal liver cancer and the main cause of death from liver cancer. Common causes of hepatic encephalopathy include upper gastrointestinal bleeding, infection, hypokalemia, surgery, improper drainage of ascites, and the use of large amounts of diuretics and drugs that are harmful to the liver. Currently, we can only prevent and treat the causes, but lack effective treatments. Hepatic coma is usually a symptom before death from liver cancer.

(3) Pain in the liver area: The liver tissue will be damaged and infiltrated by the tumor for a long time, resulting in compression and damage to the adjacent nerve roots, local tissue ischemia and necrosis, obstruction of blood return, and infiltration of bones and periosteum, which can all cause severe pain in liver cancer. Therefore, the pain will be aggravated in the late stage of liver cancer. In addition, the constitution of liver cancer patients is extremely weak, so this is also a symptom before death from liver cancer.

(4) Difficulty breathing: Symptoms before death from liver cancer include difficulty breathing. Severe difficulty breathing can easily cause fear, and fear itself aggravates the difficulty breathing. If not treated in time, it can easily cause shock and death.

There are many ways to treat liver cancer, but for patients, the most important thing is to grasp the best treatment time and not ignore the severity of the disease. Liver cancer patients should also build confidence in curing the disease and face the disease positively and optimistically, so that they can control the disease faster.