(Wu Feiyue, Director of Hepatobiliary and Intestinal Surgery Department of Hunan Cancer Hospital) Generally speaking, the total course of liver cancer is less than three years, but most of the first two years have no obvious symptoms. Because the liver is the only organ without pain nerve, and only after the injury reaches 70% can it feel. In other words, the liver is a "mute" who does not cry or cry when he is ill. Liver cancer has become the most difficult to detect at an early stage cancer One is that many patients are already in the middle and late stages of liver cancer when they are diagnosed.
We know that the occurrence of liver cancer has a trilogy, namely hepatitis - cirrhosis -Liver cancer. Although hepatitis and cirrhosis may develop into liver cancer. However, from the existing cases, it will take 20 to 25 years on average to develop from hepatitis to liver cancer. Therefore, patients can take precautions and keep themselves away from cancer while controlling their illness.
When these seven conditions occur in the body, patients with liver disease, especially hepatitis B Or patients with liver cirrhosis must not be forced to shoulder, but should be immediately checked by the hospital to see if there is cancer, and early detection and treatment: specific symptoms include feeling tired and tired without reason; Inexplicably appear emaciation; Digestive tract symptoms: warm air indigestion , nausea diarrhea , loss of appetite abdominal distention And so on are common digestive tract symptoms of liver cancer; Fever: moderate to low temperature fever, especially in summer, at 37.5~38.5 ℃, generally lasting for 3~5 days; Bleeding tendency: In patients with early liver cancer, bleeding tendencies such as gingival bleeding and subcutaneous ecchymosis often occur; Chest tightness and cough; Pain in the liver area.
For high-risk groups of liver cancer, especially in slow STD In patients with toxic hepatitis, the risk of liver cancer increases year by year after the age of 40 for men and 45 for women. At least 1-2 alpha fetoprotein tests and color Doppler ultrasound examinations can be performed every year.
