What are the inherent hazards of bile duct cancer

What is so terrible about bile duct cancer that makes patients feel so painful and distressed? In fact, it is mainly because the cause of the disease has not yet been clearly determined in the medical community, and the early symptoms are relatively hidden and difficult to detect, and are easily ignored and misdiagnosed. Most of them have entered the middle and late stages when diagnosed, and the surgical cure rate is low, and the 5-year survival rate is low. Therefore, once patients are sick, they feel physically and mentally exhausted and extremely troubled. Let us now understand what are the inherent hazards of bile duct cancer?

The harm of bile duct cancer is mainly manifested in the following aspects:

1. Biliary obstruction Cholangiocarcinoma: First, it will cause bile duct obstruction in patients, which will lead to functional disorders of the bile duct system in patients, and then lead to digestive system disorders in patients, causing anorexia in patients.

2. Liver failure: Cholangiocarcinoma can easily lead to liver failure in patients, which is a very important reason for the death of many bile duct cancer patients.

3. Biliary fistula: Biliary duct cancer often causes bile fistula in patients. This is the most common and serious complication after bile duct cancer surgery. Because there are many openings in the intrahepatic bile duct, it is sometimes difficult to properly handle, making it easy for patients to have bile fistula after surgery.

4. Metastasis: The most common symptom of late-stage cholangiocarcinoma is metastasis, which is a dynamic and continuous process. First, tumor cells invade and break through tissue barriers to enter blood vessels and lymphatic vessels to form cell emboli, which then fall off and run in the blood or lymphatic vessels. Then, they adhere to the endothelial cells of the microcirculation of distant organs, stay there, and pass through the microcirculation, multiply in the new tissue and organ substance, and grow into new metastatic tumors.

In addition, during the metastasis of cholangiocarcinoma, cancer cells can also fall directly into the body cavity and implant on the serosal surface to form implanted metastatic tumors.

5. Massive intraperitoneal hemorrhage: Massive intraperitoneal hemorrhage is also a common and serious hazard of bile duct cancer and a common complication after bile duct cancer surgery. This situation often occurs in patients with combined liver lobectomy and portal vein damage during surgery.

The harm of bile duct cancer is painful. We should cherish life, take precautions, and stay away from the troubles brought by the disease.