How much do you know about the dangers of osteosarcoma

Osteosarcoma patients are in great pain. Like other tumors, it is very harmful to people. However, many people have only a limited understanding of its specific harm. Therefore, many patients ignore the treatment of osteosarcoma, which may even threaten the patient's life. So how much do you know about the harm of osteosarcoma? Now let's learn about the harm of osteosarcoma together!

The hazards of osteosarcoma are as follows:

1. Severe pain: The main site of osteosarcoma is the lower limbs, especially around the knee joints, where unexplained joint pain may occur. However, teenagers are more active in their daily lives and are bound to have bumps and bruises, so the pain caused by the tumor can easily be mistaken for normal growing pains or sprains. In fact, adolescent osteosarcoma has its own characteristics, and early detection can avoid missing the opportunity for treatment.

2. Cachexia: In the late stage of osteosarcoma, patients may have systemic cachexia, which causes loss of appetite, making them only able to eat small amounts of food or no food at all, extreme weight loss, skin and bones, and only a skeleton-like shape. They also suffer from anemia, weakness, and are completely bedridden. They are unable to take care of themselves, suffer extreme pain, and suffer from systemic exhaustion.

3. Metastasis and death: Osteosarcoma, like other malignant tumors, seriously affects physical and mental health. Unlike other tumors, osteosarcoma is more common in adolescents. It is the most common malignant, primary bone tumor, with high malignancy and rapid development. If not treated properly, the tumor will metastasize to the lungs within six months to a year, leading to the patient's death.

4. Disability: Due to the high malignancy of osteosarcoma, early diagnosis is difficult. By the time an accurate diagnosis is made, the tumor may have already progressed. At this time, the only way to treat osteosarcoma is through amputation surgery, which seriously endangers the patient's quality of life and mental and physical health.

The above are the hazards of osteosarcoma. I believe everyone has a certain understanding of it. Once patients show symptoms of osteosarcoma, they must go to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment in time, diagnose the disease in time and treat it in time, so as to reduce the harm caused by osteosarcoma.