What are the symptoms of advanced liver cancer

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After my uncle got liver cancer, his condition deteriorated because he didn't get timely treatment. And now he is in the advanced stage of liver cancer, he often has liver pain, and then abdominal pain, especially serious. Next, I will talk about the symptoms of advanced liver cancer.

What are the symptoms of advanced liver cancer

First: hepatomegaly. It is understood that hepatomegaly is progressive, hard in nature, uneven in surface, with nodules or huge masses of different sizes, blunt and neat in edges, and tenderness of varying degrees often occurs during palpation. When liver cancer protrudes under the right costal arch or xiphoid process, local fullness and swelling can be seen in corresponding parts. If the cancer is located on the diaphragmatic surface of the liver, it mainly shows that the diaphragmatic is locally elevated and the liver is subhepatical The tumor nodules located on the surface of the liver near the lower margin are the most easily palpable, and sometimes patients can find out by themselves.

Second: liver pain, right upper abdominal pain is the most common, is an important symptom of the disease, pain is persistent or intermittent, mostly pure pain or distending pain, with the development of the disease pain intensified and intolerable. The location of pain in the liver region is closely related to the location of the lesion. The lesions located in the right lobe of the liver show pain in the right intercostal region, while the lesions located in the left lobe of the liver show pain in the infraxiphoid region. If the tumor invades the diaphragm, the pain can be released to the right shoulder or right back; the tumor growing to the right back can cause right lumbar pain.

Third: gastrointestinal symptoms, hypogastric appetite, dyspepsia, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea are easily ignored due to lack of specificity. 3. Fatigue, emaciation, general weakness, late a few patients can be cachexia. Generally, the low thermocouple is above 39 ℃, and it is characterized by persistent fever or afternoon low fever or relaxation high fever. Fever is related to the absorption of tumor necrosis products. Bile duct infection may occur when the tumor compresses or invades the bile duct.

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In the advanced stage of liver cancer, the most serious symptom is gastrointestinal bleeding. The patient's body will be extremely weak, and sometimes have a fever. In addition, liver pain and loss of appetite are also common. Patients can take some drugs or food to improve their immunity.