Metastasis of rectal cancer to liver

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Rectal cancer is a common malignant tumor in gastrointestinal tract. It is a kind of lifestyle disease, which is mainly caused by eating habits. Patients with rectal cancer should pay more attention to their own care. Consult a doctor, selectively eat some, specific useful food, reasonable and scientific diet, can play a role in dietotherapy. Try to avoid overeating, eat spicy, fried, barbecue, stimulating food. There are also pickled products like some pickles. But also appropriate exercise, in order to enhance the physique, according to their own physical conditions, to choose suitable exercise, adjust their mood and tension. Now let me talk about the symptoms of metastatic rectal cancer to the liver.

Metastasis of rectal cancer to liver

Symptom 1: symptoms caused by local infiltration of tumor: when there is extensive infiltration in the pelvic cavity of rectal cancer, it can cause pain and swelling in the waist and sacral part; when the tumor infiltrates or compresses the sciatic nerve and obturator nerve root, it can cause sciatic nerve and obturator nerve pain; when the tumor invades the vagina and bladder mucosa, it can cause vaginal bleeding and hematuria, and when the tumor affects the ureters on both sides, it can cause urination Amenorrhea, uremia.

Symptom 2: the symptoms caused by tumor blood diffusion: the chance of vascular infiltration in the rectum less than 6cm away from the anus is 7 times higher than that in the upper rectum and colon. The most common sites of blood metastasis are liver, lung and bone, and the corresponding symptoms can appear clinically.

Symptom 3: clinical symptoms caused by implantation and dissemination: when the cancer invades the serous surface, the cancer cells can fall off and enter the free abdominal cavity. They can be planted on the peritoneal surface, cystorectal fossa and other parts, and the nodules in this area can be touched by digital rectal examination.

matters needing attention

Nursing of drainage tube: observe and record the nature, quantity and color of drainage fluid in presacral drainage tube. After 2 to 3 days, if the drainage fluid is less than 10ml per day, it is non bloody fluid, extubation can be considered.