What are the hazards of bile duct cancer to the human body?

Being sick is a painful thing. Some diseases can be cured through treatment, so that the patient can return to his original health. However, some diseases bring serious harm to the patient, and even cannot be cured and difficult to recover, leading to the end of life. Biliary duct cancer is such a dangerous disease. So what are the harms of bile duct cancer to the human body? Let's learn about it together.

The early symptoms of bile duct cancer are relatively hidden and difficult to detect. They are easily ignored and misdiagnosed, thus losing the best time for treatment, which makes its harm more serious. There are mainly the following aspects:

First of all, bile duct cancer can cause bile duct obstruction in patients, which in turn leads to functional disorders of the bile duct system, and then to digestive system disorders. It can also cause patients to suffer from anorexia and indigestion, and then lead to malnutrition, emaciation, weight loss, decreased resistance and immunity, and other problems.

Cholangiocarcinoma can easily lead to liver failure in patients, which is a very important reason why many bile duct cancer patients die from the disease.

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 develop bile fistula after surgery.

In the late stage of cholangiocarcinoma, metastasis may occur, which is a dynamic and continuous process. First, tumor cells invade and break through the tissue barrier to enter the 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 off directly into the body cavity. Implantation on the serosal surface forms implanted metastatic tumors.

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

In short, although bile duct cancer is quite scary, it is not an incurable disease. The best option is to maintain a good attitude and choose an appropriate and reasonable treatment plan as early as possible.