These 5 early symptoms indicate that you have liver cancer. Don't be stupid and don't know them

In recent years, the incidence of liver cancer has been increasing, showing a clear upward trend, and it is the second most common cancer after lung cancer. Because the early symptoms of liver cancer are not obvious, they are easily ignored. When the following symptoms occur, you must be alert to the possibility of liver cancer.

5 symptoms indicate the arrival of liver cancer

1. Lost weight

This kind of situation will occur in patients with middle and late stage liver cancer who have no strength. Because the tumor metabolites can cause changes in the body's biochemical metabolism, the patients' diet is reduced, and in severe cases, malignant lesions may occur.

2. Fever​

The fever of liver cancer patients is generally around 37.5'C~38, occasionally reaching above 39, mostly irregular fever, usually not accompanied by chills, fever is more common in the afternoon, sometimes remission type high fever can be seen, this kind of fever is caused by tumor necrosis or its metabolites

3. Digestive tract

Symptoms include gastric contraction, upper abdominal bloating after meals, or nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.

4. Pain

The most common symptom of liver cancer patients is pain. The pain usually occurs around the liver. The pain around the liver of patients with mid-to-late stage liver cancer is usually in the right rib or under the xiphoid process. Most patients will experience persistent dull pain, or stabbing pain. Some patients may have special pain conditions, such as a tumor near the right lobe of the diaphragm, which may affect the diaphragm and cause right shoulder pain. This can easily be misdiagnosed as frozen shoulder.

Of course, there are also a few patients who will experience sudden severe pain in the liver area, which is mostly caused by bleeding due to the rupture of cancerous nodules on the surface of the liver. At this time, the patient may also experience dizziness, palpitations, and low blood pressure. This situation may be due to rupture of cancerous nodules and severe internal bleeding. When encountering this situation, emergency rescue should be carried out in time.

5. Other symptoms

Patients with liver decompensation caused by hepatitis, cirrhosis or infiltrative tumor growth have bleeding tendencies such as nose bleeding, gum and subcutaneous ecchymosis, etc. Hypoproteinemia may occur, leading to edema, ascites, abdominal distension, etc.

60% of patients with early liver cancer can be cured through surgery. It is recommended that surgical resection should be the first choice for liver cancer patients. For some patients who are not suitable for surgical treatment, local treatments such as radiofrequency ablation can be selected. Some patients with small liver cancer with poor liver function can choose liver transplantation. If the lesion is more extensive, palliative treatments can be selected, such as interventional therapy, radiotherapy, targeted drug therapy, and the combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine.