What are the symptoms of advanced liver cancer? Five common symptoms of advanced liver cancer

For patients with advanced liver cancer, their lives can actually be said to be counting down, so it is more important to detect these diseases in time and take timely treatment measures. Patients with advanced liver cancer will experience severe pain in the liver area, or symptoms such as difficulty breathing and massive gastrointestinal bleeding.

1. Severe pain in the liver area: Severe pain in the liver area caused by liver cancer is caused by long-term damage and infiltration of the liver tissue by the tumor and local ischemia and necrosis of the liver tissue. The pain symptoms in the late stage of liver cancer will continue to worsen. Advanced liver cancer patients with extremely weak constitutions may not be able to endure the pain, leading to fainting and shock. If not treated in time, it may be life-threatening.

2. Massive gastrointestinal bleeding: Gastrointestinal bleeding in the late stage of liver cancer is the main cause of death from liver cancer. Due to portal hypertension in the late stage of liver cancer, esophageal and gastric fundus varicose veins are caused, and due to factors such as damaged liver function and abnormal coagulation function in the late stage of liver cancer, rupture and bleeding of the esophagus, gastric fundus or cancerous nodules are prone to occur. The onset is rapid, the risk and mortality rate are high. Therefore, if there is a bleeding tendency in the late stage of liver cancer, special attention should be paid.

3. Dyspnea: It is a symptom that is difficult to deal with in patients with advanced cancer. Severe dyspnea can easily cause fear, and fear itself aggravates dyspnea. If not treated in time, it can easily cause shock and death.

4. Bleeding tendency: Gastrointestinal bleeding is common in the late stage of liver cancer and is also the main cause of death in liver cancer patients. It is mainly due to portal hypertension leading to esophageal varices. Hepatocellular carcinoma combined with cirrhosis often leads to bleeding gums, subcutaneous ecchymosis and other bleeding tendencies. It is mainly due to damaged liver function and abnormal coagulation function. Therefore, attention should be paid to liver cancer patients who have severe bleeding.

5. Hepatic encephalopathy: Hepatic coma can be regarded as a manifestation of the terminal stage of liver cancer. It can be caused by upper gastrointestinal bleeding, infection, hypokalemia, improper drainage of ascites and other inducing factors. The cure rate is low and the mortality rate is high. Therefore, preventing its inducing factors is a very important factor for patients with advanced liver cancer.