What are the clinical symptoms of liver cancer? 5 clinical symptoms of liver cancer

Many of us are familiar with liver cancer now. This disease is the most common one among us now and even spreads all over the country. This disease has a great impact on our lives. Now let's learn about the clinical symptoms of liver cancer.

1. Pain in the liver area: the most common, intermittent, continuous, dull or distending pain, caused by the rapid growth of the cancer, which tightens the liver capsule. When the tumor invades the diaphragm, the pain may radiate to the right shoulder or right back. A tumor growing to the right back may cause right waist pain. Sudden onset of severe abdominal pain and peritoneal irritation signs indicate bleeding under the capsule of the cancerous nodule or rupture into the abdominal cavity.

2. Gastrointestinal symptoms: decreased appetite, indigestion, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, etc., are easily overlooked due to their lack of sex specificity.

3. Fatigue, weight loss, and general weakness. A small number of patients may develop cachexia in the late stages.

4. Fever: Generally low-grade fever, occasionally reaching above 39°C, presenting as continuous or afternoon low-grade fever or remittent high fever. Fever is related to the absorption of necrotic products of the tumor. Compression or invasion of the bile duct by the tumor may lead to biliary infection.

5. Symptoms of metastatic lesions: There are corresponding symptoms at the site of tumor metastasis, which sometimes become the initial symptoms of liver cancer. For example, metastasis to the lungs can cause coughing and hemoptysis, and pleural metastasis can cause chest pain and bloody pleural effusion. Cancer thrombus embolism to the pulmonary artery or branches can cause pulmonary infarction, which may cause sudden severe dyspnea and chest pain. Cancer thrombus blocking the inferior vena cava may cause severe edema of the lower limbs and even a drop in blood pressure; blocking the hepatic vein may cause Budd-Chiari syndrome and edema of the lower limbs. Metastasis to the bones may cause local pain or pathological fractures. Metastasis to the spine or compression of the spinal nerves may cause local pain and paraplegia. Intracranial metastasis may cause corresponding localization symptoms and signs, and intracranial hypertension may also lead to brain herniation and sudden death.