Symptoms of peritoneal mesothelioma

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Peritoneal mesothelioma can occur at any age, but about 63% of the patients are between 45 and 64 years old. It is rare in children. Peritoneal mesothelioma has no obvious symptoms in the early stage, only when the tumor grows to a certain size and involves stomach, intestine and other abdominal viscera. The main manifestations were abdominal pain, abdominal distension, ascites, abdominal mass, gastrointestinal symptoms and systemic changes. The symptom of peritoneal mesothelioma tells everybody.

Symptoms of peritoneal mesothelioma

1. Abdominal pain abdominal pain is the most common symptom of peritoneal mesothelioma, which is characterized by persistent dull pain, distending pain, paroxysmal colic or sudden severe pain. The pain is often located in the upper abdomen and right upper abdomen. There are also reports of abdominal pain in the lower abdomen, which is misdiagnosed as ectopic pregnancy or pelvic tumor. The occurrence of abdominal pain is related to invasion of parietal peritoneum, intestinal obstruction caused by adhesion of tumor with gastrointestinal tract and pelvic organs, organ torsion, large amount of ascites and abdominal mass. The nature and location of abdominal pain may change during the course of the disease.

2. Abdominal distension due to ascites, abdominal mass and secondary dyspepsia, intestinal obstruction and other factors, patients may have varying degrees of abdominal distension. Severe symptoms can affect eating, and even dyspnea.

3. About 90% of the patients with peritoneal mesothelioma have ascites, and quite a few of them grow rapidly. The ascites may be yellow exudate or bloody mucus, which is related to the active secretion of hyaluronic acid by tumor cells.

matters needing attention

Because of the bad living habits and diet, people's tissues are acidified, so the risk of suffering from peritoneal mesothelioma is also increased. This has brought a lot of hardship to the health of patients, so patients must be actively treated at an early stage. Otherwise, to the malignant stage, it is easy to make patients more painful