Why do liver cancer patients have repeated fevers? How should we care for liver cancer patients?

Liver cancer is prone to cancer fever, which is more common in the progressive stage of the disease. It is caused by the proliferation of cancer cells, pyrogens produced by infiltrating white blood cells, or tumor necrosis factors in the cancer tissue itself. Some patients also have fever in the early stage. Most of them are intermittent fever, without chills or chills, and last for a long time. Some have continuous high fever, but no obvious symptoms of toxemia. Taking antipyretics such as indomethacin, naproxen or prednisone, cancer fever will subside quickly, but fever will recur after stopping the medication. Many patients are misdiagnosed with tuberculosis, typhoid fever, connective tissue diseases, etc., resulting in misdiagnosis and worsening of the disease. Therefore, when fever of unknown cause occurs, you should go to the hospital for detailed examination as soon as possible to make a clear diagnosis.

As a malignant tumor disease that seriously threatens human health, liver cancer is harmful and cannot be ignored. Because the disease develops rapidly and the condition is relatively complicated, in order to reduce the damage caused by liver cancer to the patient's body, in addition to actively seeking treatment methods and cooperating with treatment, we must also pay attention to the daily care of liver cancer patients. Let's take a look at it together.

How to care for liver cancer patients?

1. Provide high-protein, high-calorie, high-vitamin, low-fat food. Limit animal oil.

2. Eat a diversified diet and pay attention to food combinations to ensure that the food has color, aroma and taste, which will help increase appetite.

3. Eat soft food that is easy to digest, avoid hard and spicy food, eat less fried food, eat small meals frequently, avoid irritating food and food with high plant fiber content, so as not to cause rupture and bleeding of esophageal or gastric veins in patients with liver cirrhosis.

4. Eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, drink fruit juice, and supplement vitamins.

5. Patients with fever should drink more water to help dissipate heat.

6. People who vomit frequently should temporarily fast to prevent food from irritating the stomach, increasing the frequency of vomiting, and wasting physical energy.

7. For patients with ascites, sodium intake should be restricted and a low-salt or salt-free diet should be given.

8. Patients in the early stage of hepatic coma or hepatic coma should be given a low-protein diet with a total daily protein amount of 20-40g. Try to use animal protein with high physiological value, such as milk, eggs, lean meat, etc.