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Liver cancer is one of the most common tumors in mainland China, and the mortality rate after the onset of the disease is very high, the mortality rate can reach 60%-70% in 5 years, because liver cancer grows rapidly in the body, and there are often no obvious symptoms in the early stage, and it is already in the middle and advanced stages or metastasized to other places when it is found.
Uncle Huang, who lives in Shantou, Guangdong, originally ran a banana plantation, but switched to peanuts in 2009. Since it was the first time to plant, the quality was not very good, and the sales were not very good, so they were piled up in the warehouse. As a result, there was a flood in Shantou in August, which caused the warehouse to be flooded, and when I remembered to open the bag of peanuts, I found that a lot of peanuts had been moldy.
In February 2010, Uncle Huang always felt that the right side of the rib was swollen recently, and his stomach was also a little bigger. After eating for a week, he didn't get better, but began to feel nauseous and wanted to vomit, and everyone ate happily during the banquet, but he always ate one or two bites and was full.
On February 28, the 4-year-old grandson was playing on Uncle Huang's back, and suddenly pulled the clothes off his shoulders and shouted that his grandfather had a red spider on his body. Uncle Huang's daughter leaned over to take a look, it was not a spider at all, but a red mole on Uncle Huang's shoulder, Uncle Huang's daughter felt that something was wrong, and she always remembered this in her heart, so she took Uncle Huang to the dermatology department after the festival to register.
After the dermatology doctor saw the "red spider" on Uncle Huang's body, he looked at the whites of Uncle Huang's eyes, which were a little more yellow than normal people, and asked Uncle Huang to lie down and do abdominal palpation, which could feel the lower boundary of the liver 5cm below the ribs, so he prescribed Uncle Huang liver function, alpha-fetoprotein and abdominal B ultrasound. The results showed that aspartate aminotransferase was 67 U/L, alanine aminotransferase was 56 U/L, alpha-fetoprotein was 462 ug/L, and abdominal ultrasound showed intrahepatic hypoechoia and mass lesions.
After the hepatobiliary surgeon came for consultation, he did an abdominal CT with contrast for Uncle Huang, which showed that the liver parenchymal mass was considered, and primary liver cancer was considered. Ms. Huang saw several doctors going back and forth, doing B-ultrasound and CT, and suddenly felt uneasy, and told her that her hunch was correct, and Uncle Huang was preliminarily diagnosed with advanced liver cancer.
The uneasiness in her heart was verified, Ms. Huang looked at the diagnosis results on the report in disbelief and couldn't make a sound, Uncle Huang was also stunned, obviously just came to the dermatology department to see a mole, how could she be diagnosed with liver cancer? She stood up and asked the doctor to check again, and the doctor had to explain to her calmly.
The mole on Uncle Huang's shoulder is clinically called "spider nevus", because of the excessive production of estrogen in the body, there are generally two types of people who will appear spider nevi, one is puberty or pregnancy women, this type of woman has a large amount of estrogen in the body, but it will disappear on its own with time.
When the liver is damaged, the liver's metabolic ability will decrease, and the ability to inactivate estrogen will also decrease, which will cause too much estrogen to enter the blood, stimulate the expansion of circulatory arterioles, and radiate small blood vessels around the center, forming a spider-like mole. In such patients, spider angiomas generally do not go away on their own.
After hearing this, the doctor was puzzled by the fact that there are many risk factors for liver cancer, such as hepatitis virus, liver cirrhosis, genetics, smoking, alcoholism, aflatoxin, and so on. Uncle Huang raised his head suddenly after hearing aflatoxin, and whispered: "It's peanuts, I ate moldy peanuts...... The doctor suddenly came to his senses, and said helplessly: "There is a large amount of aflatoxin in moldy peanuts, which is a very strong carcinogen, and it is absolutely impossible to eat......
Uncle Huang's heart was full of emotions, regret and hatred. The doctor performed two surgeries for Uncle Huang, Uncle Huang's liver was cut to only 40%, his stomach was bulging because of ascites, and he still swelled day by day after the operation, and he couldn't sleep at night without puncture and drainage. The operation fee and hospitalization fee of 10,000 yuan a month also made the daughter who stayed by the bedside every day have many wrinkles between her eyebrows.
Just because he was reluctant to give up the money for those bags of peanuts, but now he has collapsed himself, his daughter and the whole family, and Uncle Huang's will to survive is losing day by day. On September 23, 2010, when he returned to the ward after the CT scan, his daughter who was pushing the wheelchair was called away by the nurse. When the daughter returned to the ward and saw this scene, she rushed over, crying and begging her father not to give up, she had already heard about a liver cancer expert who could save Uncle Huang.
Uncle Huang and his daughter hugged their heads and cried and decided to try again, and the expert Ms. Huang found was Xu Kecheng, the president of Guangzhou Fuda Cancer Hospital. Xu Kecheng is not only a liver cancer treatment expert, he is also a liver cancer patient himself, and he is still working on the front line of clinical practice after recovering his health. After reading Uncle Huang's thick pile of medical records, Xu Kecheng formulated a new treatment plan for Uncle Huang.
In July 2011, Uncle Huang found Dr. Xu Kecheng again for a review, now he looks like there is no trace of illness at all, and there is no sign of recurrence or metastasis on CT scan, Dr. Xu is pleased to sigh that at the age of 30, his mother was diagnosed with advanced liver cancer by his own hands, and after a number of expert consultations in Shanghai, he still passed away, and then after years of a large number of research, he successfully treated countless liver cancer patients, at the age of 66, he was also diagnosed with liver cancer, after saving his life, he was more determined to help more liver cancer patients, and he also summed up 3 points of experience in fighting cancer to give to everyone, which does not cost much money or consumes energyIf you do these 3 things well, cancer will not be as terrible as you imagined.
1. Maintain emotional health
After a cancer diagnosis, most patients fall into a state of self-pity and depression, and according to statistics, the mortality rate of patients in a depressed state is 22% higher than that of patients who are in a good mood. Not only the patient himself, but also the patient's family and the emotions of the people around them also need to be paid attention to, many family members of cancer patients choose not to inform the patient of the cancer diagnosis, but the deterioration of emotions will bring more low air pressure to the patient.
Whether it is the patient himself or the patient's family, when there is depression or anxiety, do not hold on, should actively seek help from professionals, depression and anxiety can also lead to different degrees of insomnia, when sleep is not replenished, the already deteriorated physical condition will be further aggravated.
2. Eat a balanced diet
Cancer cells invade nutrients in the body, which can cause patients to suffer from nutritional deficiencies and, in severe cases, cachexia. Cachexia refers to a severe metabolic syndrome in which the body's own tissues are consumed, characterized by loss of appetite, weight loss, systemic failure and metabolic abnormalities, most commonly seen in patients with malignant tumors, also known as tumor cachexia.
Once cachexia occurs, it is difficult to reverse, cancer patients should pay attention to balanced nutrition, and the diet should be adjusted according to the physical condition. After surgery, patients are often provided with enteral nutrition agents by the nutrition department of the hospital to supplement various nutrients needed by human beings, such as proteins, fats, sugars, vitamins, etc.
3. Exercise appropriately
During the recovery period of cancer patients, they can speed up their recovery by doing moderately intense exercises under the guidance of professionals. Liver cancer patients can choose some tolerable exercises, such as slow walking, yoga, tai chi, arm lift, etc. An arm lift means that when a patient sits on a chair, he or she can raise his arm up and down to make a fist and stretch his upper body to strengthen his arm.