Detailed description of the early symptoms and examination methods of liver cancer. If this symptom appears, it is probably liver cancer

The early symptoms of liver cancer are often hidden. As a "super killer" that endangers health and life, its early symptoms are often ignored by people, so that when the patient is diagnosed, the disease has already reached the advanced stage. In fact, as long as you pay more attention in your daily life, the early symptoms of liver cancer can still be traced. Let's take a look at the manifestations of the early symptoms of liver cancer.

Early symptoms of liver cancer

The early symptoms of liver cancer include pain in the liver area, which is different from abdominal pain. The pain in the liver area will be tingling and dull, and will be persistent. When the tumor grows larger, it will compress other parts of the liver and cause pain, especially if there is bleeding in the liver. The symptoms of pain in the liver area will be more obvious, especially for patients with a history of cirrhosis. After their condition improves, they should be more alert to whether the pain indicates that the disease has relapsed or developed into liver cancer.

If the patient touches his or her upper abdomen and finds a lump in the upper abdomen that tends to grow gradually, this situation must not be ignored, as it may be an early symptom of liver cancer.

Most liver cancer patients will have varying degrees of fever, and those with severe conditions may have fevers above 39°C, accompanied by chills. This fever is usually caused by the release of pyrogens caused by tumor tissue necrosis into the blood circulation, which is cancer fever.

Liver cancer patients may also experience digestive symptoms, such as decreased appetite, worsening symptoms after meals, upper abdominal fullness, warm breath, indigestion, nausea, fatigue, and weight loss. Among them, decreased appetite and abdominal distension are the most common. Diarrhea is also a common early symptom of liver cancer.

Liver cancer screening

The clinical symptoms of early liver cancer are often atypical. Therefore, if symptoms such as liver pain, fever, and weight loss persist for more than 2 weeks, you should go to the hospital for appropriate examinations to rule out liver cancer.

The main diagnostic examinations for liver cancer include ultrasound examination, CT examination, pathological examination and selective hepatic artery angiography.

Treatment of liver cancer

For patients with early-stage liver cancer, surgery is the first choice. For patients in the middle and late stages who have lost the opportunity for surgery, chemotherapy or radiotherapy can be used to control tumor development, relieve symptoms, and create conditions for surgical treatment.

Moreover, elderly patients, patients in poor physical condition, and patients with severe symptoms should avoid excessive chemotherapy. Many cancer cells are killed at the cost of destroying the body's immune function. Excessive chemotherapy is counterproductive, so Chinese medicine can be used for treatment at this time.