Which is serious between advanced liver cirrhosis and liver cancer

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Some time ago, a friend of mine died of liver cancer, which was very painful. After all, my aunt had advanced liver cirrhosis, and the family was very worried about her. But some people say that liver cirrhosis is more serious than liver cancer, and my family is scared. Then my family consulted the doctor. Next, I'll tell you which is serious between advanced liver cirrhosis and liver cancer.

Which is serious between advanced liver cirrhosis and liver cancer

First: liver cirrhosis is a precancerous lesion, some patients will develop into liver cancer, because liver cirrhosis is an irreversible lesion, so after entering the advanced stage, the prognosis is not good, there will be many fatal complications, so for end-stage liver cirrhosis, generally take liver transplantation treatment, for advanced liver cancer, this is powerless, only symptomatic treatment. If it's advanced cirrhosis, it can only prolong the life of the patient and can't be cured. If it's liver cancer, it can be cured, so of course it will be lighter.

Second: etiology: liver cirrhosis is caused by one or more reasons for long-term and repeated damage to the liver; and the occurrence of liver cancer is mainly related to chronic liver disease (mainly hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus infection), aflatoxin, drinking water pollution, long-term alcoholism, liver fluke and other factors. Because the cause of the two is not the same, that caused by the disease is not the same, generally speaking, liver cirrhosis will be more serious.

Third: complications: the main complications of liver cirrhosis are upper gastrointestinal bleeding, hepatic encephalopathy, secondary infection, canceration, etc.; in addition to the above complications, liver cancer can also have serious complications such as rupture of cancer nodules, liver failure, bloody chest and ascites. In clinical medicine, advanced cirrhosis will be more serious, because it will cause a lot of complications.

matters needing attention

Patients with advanced liver cirrhosis mainly rest, must not drink, the best diet is less salt, light, soft and easy to digest, and rich nutrition. It is wrong to forbid meat food absolutely. Liver patients in the process of treatment, must give up smoking and alcohol, must not stay up late, can not be too tired. Can participate in some outdoor activities, can also do some physical exercise, but can't do strenuous exercise, avoid fatigue.