What are the symptoms of bile duct cancer

If you experience yellowing skin and persistent abdominal pain, you need to pay attention, because this is most likely caused by bile duct cancer. The onset of bile duct cancer casts a psychological shadow on patients and their families. Because the prognosis of bile duct cancer is relatively poor, then, what are the symptoms of bile duct cancer? Let's take a look.

① Jaundice: It is the most common symptom, accounting for about 36.5%. Jaundice is the result of bile duct obstruction, which is often progressive and deepens. The degree of jaundice is related to the location and degree of obstruction. Jaundice is deeper when the extrahepatic bile duct is obstructed, and lighter when the intrahepatic bile duct branches are blocked. Jaundice is deeper when the bile duct is completely obstructed, and lighter when the bile duct is incompletely obstructed. Occasionally, inflammation, spasm of the bile duct, tumor shedding, and papillary tumor displacement can cause jaundice to fluctuate. Middle and lower bile duct cancer often presents as painless cholestatic jaundice. The patient's urine is dark yellow or tea-colored, and the stool becomes lighter or clay-colored.

② Abdominal pain: It may be mild discomfort in the upper abdomen after eating, or dull pain under the xiphoid process, or back pain, or right upper abdominal colic, which is a manifestation of nerve invasion. It may appear before or after jaundice.

③ Fever: It is mostly caused by inflammation in the obstructive bile duct and the incidence is relatively low.

④Others: There may be associated symptoms such as loss of appetite, aversion to oil, fatigue, weight loss, itching of the skin, nausea and vomiting, or non-specific symptoms of cancer. A few may have symptoms of portal hypertension, which is caused by cancer infiltration of the portal vein.

The above is a detailed introduction to the manifestations of bile duct cancer. It is hoped that patients will promptly report the above symptoms to their attending physicians when they find them clinically, and receive appropriate treatment with the assistance of the doctor in a timely manner.