How to detect kidney cancer early? Generally through symptoms

Kidney cancer can usually be understood through one's own symptoms, or it can be discovered through examinations. After suffering from kidney cancer, there will be obvious abdominal pain and hematuria symptoms. If necessary, CT or B-ultrasound can be used for examination.

Nowadays, the quality of life of many people is constantly improving, but the quality of their physical health is constantly declining. Many people suffer from kidney cancer due to overwork or overindulgence in life, long-term smoking and drinking. So how to detect and diagnose kidney cancer early?

1. Symptoms of Kidney Cancer

1. Abdominal pain

To understand whether you have kidney cancer, you can start with your own physical symptoms. People with kidney cancer will have abnormal pain in their abdomen, which is prone to dull pain or pain in the abdomen. The pain is not obvious in the early stage, but it will be more obvious in the late stage. The symptoms of abdominal pain are similar to other diseases, so they are often ignored.

2. Systemic symptoms

After suffering from kidney cancer, the body will have symptoms such as fatigue, weight loss, and edema, and the appetite will decrease, the abdomen will have a bloating feeling, and indigestion and even nausea and vomiting will occur.

3. Other symptoms

The waist may have a lump due to kidney cancer. There may be an uneven or hard lump on the waist, which indicates that the tumor in the kidney cancer is large and may even cause hematuria.

2. Physical Examination

During CT scans or B-ultrasound tests, you will see a tumor shadow in the kidney, but it is not possible to determine whether it is a benign or malignant tumor. You need to puncture and send the tissue for testing to understand the nature of the tumor. These tests can be used to find out whether you have kidney cancer.