What are the symptoms of early liver cancer?

In the early stages of liver cancer, the patient's symptoms are usually not obvious and are easily ignored. Once the patient feels that the symptoms are more serious, the condition is generally more serious, which will cause great harm to the patient's body. Therefore, in order to reduce the harm caused by this disease to the patient, it is necessary to have a sufficient understanding of the early symptoms of liver cancer so that timely treatment can be carried out. Let's take a look at the symptoms of early liver cancer.

First of all, patients will feel pain in the liver area. Most patients will experience physical abnormalities such as pain in the liver area. This is usually due to the rapid growth of liver tumors, which increases the tension of the liver capsule, or the tumor involves the liver capsule. It is often the first symptom in the middle and late stages. The pain is mostly located in the right ribs or under the xiphoid process. At first, it is mostly intermittent or continuous dull pain or stabbing pain. Secondly, among the symptoms of liver cancer, some patients will also have digestive tract symptoms. Specifically, in daily life, patients often show digestive tract symptoms such as decreased appetite, upper abdominal fullness after meals, or even nausea, vomiting or diarrhea. This is often due to pathological changes in the liver, which leads to increased pressure in the portal vein system and digestive tract dysfunction.
Finally, if you have liver cancer, you will also experience symptoms of gradual weight loss. In the middle and late stages of the disease, patients often show signs of weight loss and fatigue, which may be caused by tumor metabolites causing changes in the body's biochemical metabolism, coupled with reduced food intake. In severe cases, cachexia may occur.