What are the symptoms before death from bile duct cancer

Cholangiocarcinoma is a serious malignant disease. Due to the obstruction of bile duct caused by cancer, many patients will show severe jaundice, and many patients will have abdominal pain, hematuria and bloody stools. We should pay attention to this disease. What are the symptoms of cholangiocarcinoma after it worsens? Let's take a look at the symptoms of cholangiocarcinoma before death.

Symptoms of dying from bile duct cancer:

Jaundice: Patients with bile duct cancer lack typical symptoms in the early stage. Most patients seek medical treatment due to jaundice. Jaundice is the earliest and most important symptom of bile duct cancer. About 90% to 98% of bile duct cancer patients have varying degrees of yellowing of the skin and sclera. The characteristic of jaundice is that it is progressive and aggravated, and it is mostly painless. In a few patients, jaundice fluctuates. Jaundice appears earlier in upper bile duct cancer, while jaundice in middle and lower bile duct cancer may appear later due to the buffering of the gallbladder.

Skin itching: It may occur before or after the onset of jaundice, and may be accompanied by other symptoms such as tachycardia, bleeding tendency, mental depression, fatigue, steatorrhea, abdominal distension, etc. Skin itching is caused by increased bilirubin content in the blood, which stimulates the peripheral nerves of the skin.

Others: Along with jaundice, abdominal pain and other symptoms, there may also be nausea, vomiting, weight loss, dark yellow urine, like soy sauce or strong tea, light yellow or even clay-colored stools, etc. When the tumor ruptures in the late stage, bile duct bleeding may occur, with black stools and positive fecal occult blood tests, and even anemia may occur; when there is liver metastasis, symptoms such as liver enlargement and cirrhosis may occur.

Warm reminder: When facing the occurrence of bile duct cancer in life, we must receive professional treatment in time. In fact, there is no shortage of treatment methods for bile duct cancer. Therefore, when such a disease seriously affects our normal life in modern times, we must face it positively!