What are the symptoms of advanced lung cancer? Six common symptoms of advanced lung cancer

Patients with liver cancer and portal hypertension may have splenomegaly, ascites, and venous collateral circulation. The ascites increases rapidly and is usually transudate. Bloody ascites is often caused by cancer invading the liver capsule or rupturing into the abdominal cavity, and occasionally by peritoneal metastasis.

Many people find out that they have lung cancer when it is already in the late stage. Because the symptoms of lung cancer are not very obvious in the early stage, it is not easy to detect. We should have a certain understanding of lung cancer in order to effectively treat it. So what are the symptoms of late stage lung cancer? The following is a detailed introduction for everyone.

Symptoms of advanced liver cancer

1. Jaundice usually occurs in the late stage and may be caused by liver cell damage, or by compression or invasion of the bile duct near the liver porta by cancerous masses, or by bile duct obstruction caused by the detachment of cancerous tissue and blood clots.

2. Signs of cirrhosis Patients with liver cancer and portal hypertension may have splenomegaly, ascites, and venous collateral circulation. The ascites increases rapidly and is usually transudate. Bloody ascites is often caused by cancer invading the liver capsule or rupturing into the abdominal cavity, and occasionally by peritoneal metastasis.

3. Systemic manifestations of malignant tumors include progressive weight loss, fever, loss of appetite, fatigue, malnutrition and cachexia. A small number of patients with liver disease may have special systemic manifestations, called paraneoplastic syndrome, with hypoglycemia and polycythemia being the most common, and other rare ones include hypercalcemia, hyperlipidemia, carcinoid, etc.

4. Symptoms of metastatic lesions If metastasis occurs to the lungs, bones, chest cavity, etc., corresponding symptoms may occur. Chest cavity metastasis is more common on the right side, and there may be signs of pleural effusion. Bone or spinal metastasis may cause local tenderness or nerve compression symptoms, and intracranial metastatic cancer may have nerve localization signs.

5. Pain in the liver area Patients with more than 100% pain in the liver area have pain in the liver area. The pain is equivalent to the location of the tumor, and it is mostly persistent distending pain or dull pain. Liver pain is caused by the rapid growth of the tumor and the pulling of the liver capsule.

6. Liver enlargement: More than 90% of patients have enlarged livers, which are progressive, hard, uneven, with nodules or lumps of varying sizes, blunt and irregular edges, and often with varying degrees of tenderness. When liver cancer protrudes under the right costal arch or xiphoid process, the upper abdomen may show local bulge or fullness.