Early symptoms of liver cancer

Aug 7, 2011 by Alexander

Early symptoms of liver cancer: a sense of abdominal swelling, abdominal pain, general fatigue, loss of appetite, jaundice and skin itching.

Liver to “early detection, early surgical” principle. Because liver cancer is not prone to symptoms, had cancer is not easy to detect, so the daily self-examination is essential.

Points of primary and secondary liver cancer. Primary liver cancer is in the liver cells or intrahepatic bile duct cells of the cancer. Is a common malignancy of the digestive system cancer mortality in the first three columns, after gastric cancer and esophageal cancer. Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia Pacific with a high incidence, while Europe and America, Oceania low incidence. The disease can occur at any age, to 40-49 as many male to female ratio was 2.5:1.

Pathology of primary liver cancer is divided into bulky, nodular and diffuse. Clinical manifestations of liver pain, hepatomegaly, jaundice, fever and systemic failure and symptoms of metastasis.Treatment to surgery. Secondary liver cancer is primary in the gastrointestinal tract, respiratory tract, genitourinary tract, breast cancer, etc., often to the liver.

Now found the cause of liver cancer include:

1, hepatitis B and hepatitis B virus carriers.

2, the current foreign reports that hepatitis C develop liver cancer is about 13.2%, liver cancer is hepatitis B two times.

3, followed by cirrhosis of the liver.

4, sub-post of some chemicals such as amines, nitrogen mustard class, alcohol, organochlorine pesticides are suspected carcinogens.

Liver to “early detection, early surgical” principle. Because liver cancer is not prone to symptoms, had cancer is not ea sy to detect, so the daily self-examination is essential.

If you had cancer, the patient first felt fatigue, even if the patient lie down and repose, can not eliminate fatigue, this can not eliminate the fatigue and fatigue, common symptoms of liver disease is the general. Human intake of food, the heat will be absorbed in the intestine, part of the delivery to the liver via the hepatic storage, territory to the various body cells. If the liver invasion by cancer cells, the body’s fuel supply will reduce the results because energy shortage, resulting in body fatigue, and easily tired. If you just tired or lazy, may also be suffering from a cold or fatigue. Few people realize that they may have had liver cancer, the disease was thus delayed.

If the cancer is slightly larger, can cause chest department has a sense of dull, dull pain or feeling of the upper right abdomen. Even less than the degree of pain, there will be intimidated and discomfort. Risk of liver cancer often occurs when stomach disorders caused by symptoms, including loss of appetite, nausea, feeling of fullness after eating and stomach discomfort, etc. If weight loss, when unexplained fever, and jaundice, be sure to hospital for alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), B Chao, CT, X-line diagnosis of liver angiography and other methods.