Symptoms and clinical manifestations of cholangiocarcinoma?

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Jaundice is the main early symptom of cholangiocarcinoma. About 90% of cholangiocarcinoma is found because of jaundice. Jaundice can be seen when the sclera, palm, mouth mucosa and skin turned yellow, this is because of cancer obstruction of the bile duct, bile from the liver out of the retention in the liver and then return to the blood. Now let's understand the symptoms and clinical manifestations of cholangiocarcinoma in detail?

Symptoms and clinical manifestations of cholangiocarcinoma?

Jaundice is the earliest and most important symptom of cholangiocarcinoma. About 90% - 98% of cholangiocarcinoma patients have varying degrees of yellow skin and sclera. Jaundice is characterized by progressive aggravation and deepening, and most of them are painless. A few patients with cholangiocarcinoma have fluctuating jaundice. Jaundice appeared earlier in upper cholangiocarcinoma, and later in middle and lower cholangiocarcinoma because of buffer jaundice of gallbladder.

About half of cholangiocarcinoma patients with abdominal pain have symptoms of cholangiocarcinoma, such as right upper abdominal pain, distending pain or discomfort, weight loss, loss of appetite and so on. These symptoms of cholangiocarcinoma are often regarded as early warning symptoms of cholangiocarcinoma. Abdominal pain at the beginning, there are similar gallstones, cholecystitis. According to the clinical observation of cholangiocarcinoma, abdominal pain and jaundice can appear only 3 months after the onset of cholangiocarcinoma.

Skin pruritus can appear before or after jaundice in patients with cholangiocarcinoma, and can also be accompanied by other symptoms of cholangiocarcinoma, such as tachycardia, bleeding tendency, mental malaise, fatigue, steatosis, abdominal distension, etc. skin pruritus is caused by the increased bilirubin content in the blood, which stimulates the peripheral nerves of the skin.

matters needing attention

Therefore, we must attach great importance to it in our daily life. We should develop a good living habit, especially in terms of diet. We should also strengthen exercise regularly. For this disease, we must find it early and treat it early. Only in this way can we ensure to avoid the occurrence of this disease.