What are the symptoms of advanced liver cancer? 4 symptoms of advanced liver cancer

Advanced liver cancer can cause great harm to the patient's body, and there will be many very obvious clinical symptoms, such as weight loss and fatigue, gastrointestinal symptoms, pain in the liver area, symptoms of metastasis, etc. Therefore, liver cancer must be detected and treated early to make the patient less painful.

In the early stages of liver cancer, there are relatively few symptoms, or even no symptoms at all. Therefore, most people's liver cancer is already in the middle or late stages when it is detected. When it reaches the late stage, many clinical symptoms will appear. So what symptoms will appear when it reaches the late stage? Next, let's talk about the four symptoms of late-stage liver cancer.

1. Weight loss and fatigue

Symptoms of weight loss and fatigue are very obvious in the late stage of liver cancer, because the liver is a very important digestive gland and nutrient metabolism organ for the human body. When symptoms appear in the liver, nutrients cannot be absorbed well and toxin metabolism is impaired. Fatigue is usually caused by insufficient nutrient absorption. When nutrient absorption is not proportional to physical activity, it is very easy for people to feel fatigued.

2. Digestive tract symptoms

In the late stage of liver cancer, patients will experience loss of appetite, upper abdominal distension after meals, indigestion, diarrhea and other symptoms. These symptoms are particularly obvious in the late stage of liver cancer. The incidence of these symptoms is also high. Some patients will also experience increased frequency of bowel movements and abdominal ascites.

3. Pain in the liver area

When liver cancer reaches the late stage, the symptoms of liver pain are particularly obvious, and the incidence of liver pain is as high as 50%. The pain is usually located below the right rib or xiphoid process. Before the pain, the patient may feel discomfort in the right abdomen. Usually the cause of liver pain is the pulling pain caused by the accelerated growth of the tumor.

4. Symptoms of metastatic lesions

Metastatic symptoms are common symptoms of advanced liver cancer. This symptom is also the cause of death for many patients with advanced liver cancer. The symptom of metastatic lesions is the enlargement of advanced liver cancer, which may metastasize to the lungs and other places, and slowly affect many other organs, causing severe breathing difficulties and chest pain. Some patients may even experience a rapid drop in blood pressure, which is life-threatening.

The above are the four symptoms of advanced liver cancer. When the symptoms reach the advanced stage, it means that the patient’s life time has entered the countdown. Therefore, if the symptoms of liver cancer have been discovered, they must be controlled as soon as possible to relieve the patient’s pain.