What are the common early symptoms of liver cancer and how to effectively care for liver cancer patients

Because the early symptoms of liver cancer are relatively hidden, it is difficult for patients to detect them. Sometimes liver cancer patients will only discover the early symptoms of liver cancer when they feel uncomfortable. What are the common early symptoms of liver cancer?

Common early symptoms of liver cancer

Regarding the early symptoms of liver cancer, experts say that patients often have no clinical symptoms. Tumor nodules are mostly spherical, with clear boundaries, uniform cross-sections, and no bleeding or necrosis. The specific early symptoms of liver cancer are as follows:

Fever: A considerable number of liver cancer patients will experience sweating and fever, which are early symptoms of liver cancer. Tumor patients are prone to infection due to low immunity and may also experience fever. The early symptoms of liver cancer and liver cancer fever are sometimes difficult to distinguish.

Fatigue: Liver cancer patients often feel more fatigued than other tumor patients. The early symptoms of liver cancer are similar to those of chronic hepatitis patients. The cause of fatigue is unknown. It may be due to digestive disorders, nutrient absorption disorders leading to insufficient energy, or liver cell damage and decreased liver function, resulting in metabolic disorders, failure to inactivate certain toxins in time, or the release of toxic substances due to liver cancer tissue necrosis.

Gastrointestinal symptoms: Liver cancer patients often have bleeding tendencies such as bleeding gums and subcutaneous ecchymosis. The main early symptoms of liver cancer are caused by damaged liver function and abnormal coagulation function, which are particularly common in patients with liver cancer and cirrhosis.

Let's learn about the effective methods of caring for liver cancer patients

1. Pain care

Many patients with liver cancer experience liver pain, which makes them unable to sleep or eat. What should they do? In the late stage of liver cancer, tumor tissue necrosis can cause pain in the tumor area. While strengthening the observation of the patient's condition, nurses should also do a good job of comforting the patient. When the pain is intolerable, closely observe the location, nature, and degree of the pain to distinguish it from pain caused by other complications, and relieve the pain according to the doctor's orders when necessary.

2. Psychological care

Generally, patients with diseases are in a bad mood, let alone patients with liver cancer. Patients with liver cancer are blocked from upgrading and their mood will be even worse. In the late stage of liver cancer, patients know that they are in the last stage of their lives and cannot accept the reality that they will lose their relatives and friends and leave the world forever. In addition to the adverse reactions during the diagnosis and treatment process and the unbearable cancer pain, they often show great depression, anxiety, irregular life, lack of concentration, loss of appetite and fatigue. Therefore, nurses should try their best to keep patients hopeful, accept treatment, insist on living, provide psychological care, control pain, and improve the quality of patients' last stage of life.

3. Basic nursing

In daily life, patients with liver cancer need to be given relevant care to avoid the deterioration of their disease. Patients with advanced liver cancer have weak constitutions, so basic care should be strengthened. For example, patients who have been bedridden for a long time should be frequently turned over, and their sitting and lying positions should be changed to prevent complications such as bedsores. Oral care should be done for patients with bleeding to keep their airways open and prevent vomitus from being inhaled into the trachea and causing suffocation and death. For patients with severe cancer pain, in addition to timely symptomatic treatment, family members should also give patients spiritual comfort to eliminate their fears. At the same time, they should closely observe the patient's vital signs to detect critical lesions in a timely manner and take effective treatment measures in a timely manner.

4. Diet care

Diet is also very important. Medicine and food have the same origin. We also need to work hard on diet, especially in the late stage of liver cancer. We should pay attention to the color, aroma and taste of food to improve the appetite of patients with late stage liver cancer. Give non-irritating and easily digestible food, the temperature should be appropriate, and the eating speed should be slow. Patients with late stage liver cancer can eat some Zhongshu porridge, such as Astragalus porridge, Codonopsis pilosula, and red dates porridge, which can nourish the spleen and replenish qi. Do not lie flat for half an hour after a meal. Patients with late stage liver cancer are forbidden to eat greasy or fried food. Those who vomit can be given antiemetics, and total intravenous nutritional support can be given when necessary. Patients with late stage liver cancer should limit or fast protein when blood ammonia is high. The heat source of patients with late stage liver cancer is mainly carbohydrates, and fruits and vegetables can be selected.