Late symptoms of cholangiocarcinoma?

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Cholangiocarcinoma refers to the malignant tumor of the lining epithelium of the bile duct system. According to the location, it can be divided into intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. The risk factors reported in the literature include old age, bile duct stones, bile duct adenoma and papillomatosis, Caroli's disease, choledochal cyst, viral hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, ulcerative colitis, chemical toxins, smoking, Fasciola hepatica or Clonorchis sinensis infection, etc. What are the late symptoms of cholangiocarcinoma? Let's talk about it

Late symptoms of cholangiocarcinoma?

About 80% of patients with cholangiocarcinoma will have right upper abdominal pain, and this pain is paroxysmal aggravation. It should be noted that patients with cholangiocarcinoma are often accompanied by gallstones, inflammation and so on, so they are sometimes misdiagnosed.

Dyspepsia, malignancy, and lack of appetite are the classic symptoms of irrigation, which basically occur. This is due to the failure of gallbladder function, which leads to the situation that fatty substances cannot be absorbed.

Jaundice is the main manifestation of late symptoms, with the development of the disease, continued to aggravate, is caused by cancer tissue invasion of bile duct. Most patients will have this situation, this is because the development of cholangiocarcinoma is relatively fast, the tumor becomes larger, leading to the blockage of the bile duct, making the gallbladder swelling. If metastasis occurs, other parts of the tumor will also appear, such as the liver and spleen.

matters needing attention

1. Try to reduce the consumption of fat, especially animal fat, avoid fat meat and fried food, and replace animal oil with vegetable oil as much as possible. 2. The formation of a considerable part of cholecystitis and cholelithiasis is really related to the high cholesterol content and metabolic disorder in the body. Therefore, it is necessary to limit the foods with high cholesterol content such as fish roe, yolk of various eggs and liver, kidney, heart and brain of various carnivores.