What are the symptoms of recurrence of bile duct cancer

Cholangiocarcinoma is a very distressing disease. Although the incidence of bile duct cancer is not high, once the disease occurs, it is very difficult to treat and has a high recurrence rate. After the treatment of bile duct cancer, it is very important to prevent postoperative recurrence. So, what are the symptoms of recurrence of bile duct cancer? Let's take a look at the following introduction.

Symptoms of recurrence of bile duct cancer:

About 90% of patients develop jaundice. When jaundice occurs, the sclera, palms, oral mucosa and skin turn yellow. This is because the cancer blocks the bile duct, causing bile discharged from the liver to remain in the liver and then reflux into the blood.

Obstructive jaundice is often accompanied by fever and chills. Fever is caused by bacterial infection in the stagnant bile, and the fever is difficult to subside before the jaundice subsides. As obstructive jaundice persists, bacteria may enter the blood and cause sepsis, and sometimes even shock.

Urine becomes dark brown and stool becomes grayish white. Normally, stool is yellowish brown due to the effect of pigment in bile. When bile duct cancer occurs, bile cannot flow into the duodenum, so the stool becomes grayish white.

Skin itching may occur before or after the onset of jaundice and may be accompanied by other symptoms such as tachycardia, bleeding tendency, mental depression, fatigue, steatorrhea, abdominal distension, etc. Skin itching is caused by the increase of bilirubin content in the blood, which soothes the peripheral nerves of the skin.

Warm reminder: We must take the main symptoms of bile duct cancer seriously. The probability of death from such a disease is quite high in life. However, we must solve the serious troubles brought by bile duct cancer in a timely manner to avoid causing a heavy blow to our lives.