What are the symptoms of advanced liver cancer? 7 symptoms of advanced liver cancer

Western medicine believes that the liver only has nerves on the surface capsule. Unless the cancerous tissue invades the capsule, no matter how large the tumor is, it will not hurt. The liver can still maintain normal function as long as 1/5 of its size remains. Therefore, symptoms of liver dysfunction will not occur until 80% of the liver is destroyed. Therefore, liver cancer will not hurt unless it reaches the middle or late stages. Liver cancer during this period is called the subclinical stage and can only be detected through the alpha-fetoprotein (AFp) health survey.

As the tumor grows, liver cancer enters the clinical stage and the patient may experience the following symptoms:

(1) Intermittent or persistent dull or stabbing pain in the right upper abdomen;

(2) Liver cancer in the lower segment of the right lobe can often be palpated as a mass on the right rib, while left lobe liver cancer may present as a mass under the xiphoid process or under the left rib.

(3) Due to liver enlargement, the tumor invades the diaphragm, stimulating the diaphragmatic nerve and causing right shoulder pain;

(4) Due to bile duct obstruction, bile accumulates in the blood and causes jaundice;

(5) There is peritoneal effusion;

(6) Loss of appetite, nausea, weight loss, fatigue, weakness and fever;

(7) Paraneoplastic syndrome, such as polycythemia, hypoglycemia, etc.