How will the symptoms of liver cancer progress? Two types of moldy food are likely to induce liver cancer

The liver is the most important organ in the human body, responsible for digestion and metabolism. Although liver cancer is mostly caused by hepatitis, it is also closely related to people’s daily eating habits. Once carcinogenic substances are eaten in the diet, liver cancer may be induced if one is not careful.

① Do not eat moldy food

Aflatoxin in fungi is a carcinogen that can induce liver cancer in humans, monkeys, mice, and poultry. The shortest time required to cause cancer is 24 weeks. To prevent fungi from contaminating food, you should pay attention to the following:

1. Peanuts, corn, sweet potatoes, rice, millet, etc. stored at home must be dried thoroughly and stored in a dry and ventilated environment.

2. Moldy peanuts, dried potatoes, dried radishes, etc. should be discarded and cannot be eaten by humans, livestock or poultry.

3. Peanut oil and cottonseed oil should not be stored for a long time. When a large amount of grain, oil or dairy products are suspected to be contaminated with fungi, the quarantine station should be asked to check and they can only be distributed, sold or consumed after approval.

② Animal and vegetable oils that have a rancid smell should not be consumed

Stale oils contain a chemical component that can cause the structure of proteins to mutate, causing cells with mutated proteins to lose their normal functions and transform into early cancer cells. In addition, the replication of acids in some chemical components accelerates the aging process. Therefore, animal and vegetable oils should not be stored for too long, and oils that have deteriorated and have a rancid smell should not be eaten. Foods fried in rancid oils not only taste bad, but more importantly, they can cause cancer and shorten life.

How do symptoms of liver cancer progress?

1. Digestive tract symptoms

Loss of appetite, upper abdominal fullness after meals, flatulence, indigestion, nausea, and diarrhea are common digestive tract symptoms of liver cancer.

2. Lower limb edema in the middle and late stages of liver cancer

Patients with liver cancer and ascites often have lower limb edema, which may occur at the ankles in mild cases and spread to the entire lower limbs in severe cases. The main reason is that ascites compresses the lower limb veins or tumor thrombus blocks venous return. Mild edema can also be caused by low plasma albumin.

3. Bleeding tendency in late stage liver cancer

Liver cancer patients often have bleeding gums, subcutaneous ecchymoses and other bleeding tendencies. Gastrointestinal bleeding is also common, mainly due to portal hypertension leading to esophageal varices. In fact, gastrointestinal bleeding is also one of the main causes of death in patients with advanced liver cancer.

4. Acute abdomen

Rupture of cancerous nodules usually causes pain in the liver area. During physical examination, there is obvious tenderness in the liver area, which is a symptom of liver capsule irritation. After the rupture of cancerous nodules, some patients experience acute abdominal pain accompanied by peritoneal irritation symptoms, which can be easily misdiagnosed as acute peritonitis. Abdominal pain caused by rupture of cancerous nodules is usually accompanied by a drop in blood pressure or even shock, which is different from general acute peritonitis.

5. Acute abdominal pain symptoms

After the cancerous nodules rupture, some patients experience acute abdominal pain accompanied by peritoneal irritation symptoms, which can be easily misdiagnosed as acute peritonitis. The abdominal pain caused by the rupture of cancerous nodules is usually accompanied by a drop in blood pressure or even shock. This is a relatively obvious hazard of liver cancer to the human body.