Liver cancer, causes and symptoms, what are the 5 stages?
Liver cancer has become a search term for several hours after Chuvit Kamolwisit revealed his latest liver cancer symptoms. It is stage 3 liver cancer, entering stage 4, having undergone chemotherapy for a while. Report from ufabet https://ufabet999.com
The cause of liver cancer The main reason is directly to the liver from important risk factors, such as the patient’s history of hepatitis B is a fluke in the or the body had received and accumulation of chemicals like insecticide certain medicines Exposure to toxins caused by fungi Chemicals from fermented foods drinking alcohol Including risky genetics. There is also a reason why spreads from other organs to the liver.
5 Stages of Liver Cancer Symptoms
Symptoms of liver cancer patients In the early stages there were no abnormalities. But when there was before the cancer got bigger will have suspicious symptoms and should see a doctor as follows:
- Loss of appetite and unexplained weight loss
- weakness, low fever
- Nausea, vomiting
- Abdominal distension, constipation, enlarged stomach
- swollen legs
- Pain or stiffness in the right ribcage. Which is often found as a lump from an enlarged liver
- Palpation found a lump on the left side of the ribcage from an enlarged spleen.
- yellow body yellow eyes
For the symptoms there are 5 stages as follows.
Stage 1: The tumor is only one small mass, no more than 2 centimeters.
Stage 2: Only one cancerous mass. or no more than 3 lumps, smaller than 3 cm.
Stage 3: Multiple cancerous masses larger than stage 2 cancer
Stage 4: The tumor is very large. or has spread to tissues beside the liver or into the veins in the stomach or to the lymph nodes near the liver or spread through the bloodstream to other liver lobes Including spreading to other organs
Stage 5 : This is the stage where the patient’s health deteriorates greatly. Sleep in bed most of the time The liver may work very badly.
Diagnosis of liver cancer
for the diagnosis or not can done by blood test Determine the level of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP). Which is found to high in patients with. And ultrasound computed tomography magnetic resonance tomography or using a contrast medium injection to increase the accuracy of diagnosis
As for the treatment of liver cancer. It can done in many ways, such as those. Whose tumors are not very large. without cirrhosis Liver function is still good. can be surgically remove. Chemotherapy injections to disintegrate cancerous tumors use of reflected sound waves Use of chemotherapy, radiation, or a combination of methods
However, if abnormalities are found Or suspected that there is a risk or not. Consult a doctor for clarity on symptoms and further treatment.