Symptoms of bladder cancer metastasis

Bladder cancer is not only a high-incidence disease, but also has a great impact on the patient's urinary system and life. After the onset of the disease, the patient will experience symptoms such as urinary pain, dysuria, hematuria, etc., and bladder cancer is also prone to spread and metastasis. This is a serious disease that patients must pay attention to. So what are the symptoms of bladder cancer metastasis? Many patients do not understand, so let's learn about it together.

1. Symptoms of bladder hematogenous metastasis: Patients with advanced bladder cancer are prone to hematogenous metastasis. Common metastatic sites in clinical practice are the liver, lungs, bones, adrenal glands, colon, rectum, etc. Some patients may also metastasize to the skin, which will also cause corresponding symptoms. If bladder cancer metastasizes to the patient's lungs, the patient will experience symptoms including cough and chest pain. Patients with metastasis to the skin will develop skin nodular metastases. If bladder cancer metastasizes to the liver, it can cause abdominal pain, jaundice and other symptoms. Some bladder cancer patients have distant metastases as the first symptom of the disease.

2. Symptoms of bladder cancer lymph node metastasis. This type is more common. In clinical practice, the metastasis site is mostly pelvic lymph node metastasis. However, when the patient's pelvic lymph nodes are widely affected after the onset of the disease, symptoms may include pelvic mass, lower limb edema, etc. Some patients may also have symptoms of rib and abdominal pain or lower abdominal pain and discomfort. When the mass that metastasizes to the pelvis involves or compresses the ureter, it will cause hydroureteronephrosis on that side. The symptom caused by bladder cancer metastasis invading the patient's pelvic nerve plexus is perineal or pelvic pain.

3. Direct invasion symptoms: Bladder cancer locally infiltrates cells and can break through the bladder muscle layer and serosal layer after the disease occurs, spreading directly to adjacent tissues and organs. If the patient is a male, the sites that may be invaded include the prostate tissue or the posterior urethra, which can also cause urination difficulties. Symptoms caused by female patients are irregular vaginal bleeding. When the cancer involves the patient's ureter, it can also cause hydronephrosis, swelling and pain in the kidney area, and renal function damage.

After the metastasis, patients with advanced bladder cancer may also experience other symptoms including anemia, weight loss, multiple organ failure, cachexia, etc. Therefore, we must pay attention to the health of our urinary and reproductive systems. Once discomfort occurs, we must not be careless. Early examination and treatment can improve the condition.