Liver cancer is a common malignant tumor of the digestive system, because the symptoms of liver cancer in the early stage are not particularly obvious, many people are already in the middle and advanced stages when the disease is found, then not only the difficulty of disease treatment increases a lot, but also reduces the survival rate of patients, so the daily prevention of this disease must be serious.
So who in life is prone to liver cancer?
The following categories of people are at high risk of liver cancer!
1. People with a history of hepatitis
According to relevant clinical data, 90% of liver cancer patients have been infected with hepatitis B virus.
Therefore, for patients who have been infected with hepatitis B virus or hepatitis C virus, it is recommended to check the body regularly to observe the health of the liver.
2. Patients with liver cancer in the family
Although liver cancer is not a hereditary non-disease, it has the phenomenon of familial aggregation. Because the living habits in the family are similar, it is easy for families to gather.
If someone in the family has had liver cancer, the risk of developing liver cancer in an immediate family member increases.
3. People over 40 years old
The age group with high incidence of liver cancer is after the age of 40, especially in men over 40 years old and women over 50 years old, and the incidence of women will be lower than that of men.
4. People who drink regularly
Long-term heavy drinking is easy to suffer from alcoholic liver, alcoholic liver if not actively treated, it will progress to cirrhosis, cirrhosis and then progression is liver cancer.
So what stages will the occurrence of liver cancer go through?
1. Fatigue and weakness
70% to 80% of liver cancer patients will have symptoms of fatigue and weakness of varying degrees, and the longer they have hepatitis, the greater the risk of liver cancer.
When the liver function is damaged, the symptoms of fatigue and weakness will be aggravated, and as the liver function damage continues to worsen, it will also affect the excretion of bile, which will lead to a decrease in the content of cholinesterase in the blood, which in turn will affect the function of nerves and muscles.
2. Weight loss
Patients with liver cancer occasionally experience nausea and vomiting because tumors in the liver can cause gastrointestinal congestion, which in turn can cause disturbances in the secretion and absorption of the gastrointestinal tract.
Due to loss of appetite, eating very little will cause digestive and absorption disorders in the gastrointestinal tract, so the weight will gradually decrease.
Due to the damage to liver function, the ability to digest and absorb is reduced, and as the disease progresses, the degree of emaciation of the body will increase.
If patients with hepatitis or cirrhosis of the liver have a tendency to lose weight, it is necessary to screen for the possibility of liver cancer in time.
3. Pain in the liver area
As the tumor enlarges, patients develop intermittent or persistent pain in the liver. In the early stage, because hepatocellular carcinoma is in the liver, there is basically no discomfort and pain in the liver area.
In the middle and advanced stages, as the tumor volume increases, the pain will occur after touching the liver membrane.
It can be seen that the above-mentioned types of people are high incidence of liver cancer, these people usually pay attention to changes in the liver, regularly screen the health of the liver, and seek medical treatment in time once discomfort occurs.
The occurrence of liver cancer is not achieved overnight, it will go through the three stages mentioned above, so when the body appears with these uncomfortable symptoms, it is necessary to pay attention to it, especially for high-risk groups, to seek medical screening in time, improve treatment in time, especially when early symptoms occur, timely treatment can avoid serious consequences.