What does the body experience when suffering from liver cancer? Doctor: If you want to stay away from liver cancer, it is very important to do these 3 points

Liver cancer is the fifth most common cancer in China. However, liver cancer ranks second in the number of deaths, after lung cancer, and the prognosis is extremely poor.

　　Among the nearly 410,000 newly diagnosed liver cancer patients in China every year, more than two- thirds have entered the advanced stage , and it may only take a few months from the discovery of the disease to the death.

　　The reason for this is that the most common liver cancer in China is hepatocellular carcinoma. This type of cancer has a very high degree of malignancy, strong infiltration and metastasis . The effect of its treatment mainly depends on whether the patient is diagnosed and treated early.

　　Unfortunately, because the onset of primary liver cancer is very insidious, early-stage cancer patients may not have any symptoms , which is called the subclinical stage clinically.

　　After the typical symptoms appear, it generally has entered the middle and late stage. For example, patients will have typical liver pain, gastrointestinal symptoms, hepatosplenomegaly, ascites, jaundice and so on.

　　Next, the patient will experience typical symptoms of cachexia, such as the body becoming weaker and weaker, chronic fatigue, weight loss and anemia , at which time the patient is likely to have various complications. After the development of liver cancer to the end stage, patients often suffer from serious complications such as gastrointestinal bleeding and hepatic encephalopathy , and eventually die .

　　Therefore, from a clinical point of view, the prevention of liver cancer is more important than the treatment. To stay away from liver cancer, the following three points cannot be ignored:

　　1. Treatment of primary disease

　　In fact, most of the incidence of liver cancer is based on the basis of chronic liver disease, and the focus here is viral hepatitis. Among all liver cancer patients in China , the detection rate of hepatitis B virus has reached about 90% .

　　Especially after hepatitis B is combined with liver cirrhosis, the future cancer rate will be higher. Therefore, as long as chronic liver disease is diagnosed, what the patient has to do is to actively cooperate with the doctor for treatment and control its further development;

　　2. Regular review

　　The reason why liver cancer patients are diagnosed at an advanced stage is not only related to the atypical early symptoms of liver cancer, but also related to chronic liver disease. Because when the symptoms of liver cancer appear, its performance is very similar to that of ordinary chronic liver disease.

　　This can easily make patients relax their vigilance and mistakenly think that it is the manifestation of repeated attacks and aggravation of chronic liver disease , so there is no timely examination.

　　From a clinical point of view, if chronic liver disease has already occurred, active treatment is important, but patients also need to seek medical attention regularly for relevant re-examinations . The purpose of the review is not only to understand the recovery of liver disease, but also to avoid cancer without knowing it;

3. Life adjustment

　　In addition to the incidence of liver cancer related to hepatitis B, poor diet and living habits in daily life will also increase the possibility of cancer.

　　For example , long-term sedentary, long-term heavy smoking and drinking, long-term improper medication, improper diet (eating high-fat and high-calorie food, eating a lot of pickled food, smoking barbecue, eating moldy food) , etc. Cause liver cell damage, which in turn increases the possibility of chronic liver disease and cancer .

　　Therefore, everyone should stay away from these bad habits in daily life, especially to stay away from alcohol damage.

　　Finally, I would like to remind everyone that from a healthy liver to liver cancer, it never happens overnight. If you belong to a high-risk group of liver cancer, such as a family history of liver disease, a family history of liver cancer, chronic liver disease for many years, a long history of alcoholism, etc., even if there is no abnormality in the body, regular cancer screening is very necessary.