A 45-year-old middle-aged man suddenly developed unexplained yellowing of the skin sclera and itchy skin, and after going to the hospital for examination, he was diagnosed with liver cirrhosis and liver cancer.
Further examination revealed that the man was also a patient with chronic viral hepatitis B, which doctors said was responsible for cirrhosis and liver cancer.
The liver is the most important detoxification center and metabolic center of the human body, the liver can synthesize coagulation factors, albumin, and participate in the production of a variety of vitamins, the liver can also secrete bile, bile to the intestines, can help the body to digest and absorb fatty food.
So if there is a problem with the liver, it can easily lead to a deficiency of various nutrients. However, liver disease does not come suddenly, whether it is hepatitis B, cirrhosis and liver cancer, it is formed step by step over a long period of time.
1. If there is itchy skin, you must pay attention to it
When liver disease comes, it often causes skin abnormalities, liver disease will cause a typical liver disease face, the patient's skin is dull, liver disease will also lead to a rise in bilirubin, causing jaundice, at this time the prominent manifestation is the yellowing of the skin sclera, under the stimulation of bilirubin, the patient will also have obvious skin itching.
2. If there are 2 reds, you must pay attention to them
Patients with liver disease tend to have 2 reds, one is a red spider nevus and the other is a red palmar erythema.
Spider angiomatas are idiopathic telangiectasias that result from dilation of the distal branches of arterioles in the skin. The mole has a central point surrounded by radial branches of small blood vessels, which resemble a spider, so it is called a spider nevus.
The main appearance of the palmar is the pink patches on both sides of the palmar heel of both hands and the inner surface of each finger, which is cinnabar colored.
The main reason for the occurrence of spider angioma and palmar liver in patients with liver disease is that the liver reduces the inactivation of estrogen, resulting in an increase in estrogen in the blood, especially 17-β estradiol and estrone, resulting in arteriolar telangiectasia.
3. If there are 3 pains, we must pay attention to them
If liver disease causes pain, it often indicates that it is already liver cancer, liver cancer can cause pain in 3 parts, the first part is pain in the liver area, most of the human liver is located in the right hypochondrium and upper abdomen, and a small part is located in the left hypochondrium, so the liver area refers to the pain in these parts.
The pain caused by liver cancer is often a dull and intense ache.
As the disease progresses, liver cancer will also invade the right diaphragm, causing pain in the right shoulder.
Liver cancer can also easily cause bone metastasis, and when it causes bone metastasis, it can also cause bone pain.
In the mainland, the incidence of liver disease is high, and the two main causes are hepatitis B and alcoholism. Hepatitis B, cirrhosis and liver cancer are known as the trilogy of hepatitis B development, and long-term alcohol abuse can also lead to alcoholic fatty liver disease, alcoholic cirrhosis and liver cancer.
How can liver cancer be detected in time?
That is, people with high-risk factors should not only pay attention to the abnormal signals sent by the body, but also develop a good habit of regular physical examination in the hospital, generally speaking, for liver cancer screening, the general choice is imaging examination + blood drawing to check alpha-fetoprotein, imaging examination can choose liver B ultrasound, CT or MRI.