Late symptom picture of osteosarcoma?

summary

Osteosarcoma is a disease that occurs in people aged 10 to 25. The minimum age of the disease can be about 5 years old. The diseased part mainly concentrates in the human knee joint. Men are about twice as likely to get sick as women. The disease generally occurs in the backbone, especially in the lower end of the femur. The main symptoms of the disease can be divided into early stage, middle stage, late stage and metastatic symptoms. Here is a brief introduction to these symptoms.

Late symptom picture of osteosarcoma?

The first is early symptoms, which can cause local pain, but are often not easily detected. And the duration of pain varies. Some patients may have pain for a few days and then get better, but others may have pain for several years. The average duration of pain is about three to four months.

In the middle of the disease, the symptoms show pain, and can lead to local swelling or dysfunction. Intermittent onset of pain, bone cortex by tumor compression, may eventually lead to dissolution or necrosis of bone cortex. The patient had difficulty in walking and muscle atrophy.

In the late stage of the disease, the above expressions become more and more serious. The patient feels that the machine is intolerable, and ordinary painkillers can not relieve the patient's symptoms. The volume of tumor is further enlarged, which will lead to venous dilatation, body fever, weight loss, general weakness, etc.

matters needing attention

If the disease has metastasis, the symptoms are more complex. For example, bone metastasis may occur, or it may lead to lung metastasis. Metastasis usually occurs about half a year after the onset of the disease, which must be paid great attention to.