Tension pain in the upper abdomen or loss of appetite: two symptoms of liver cancer.
Find out here how to reduce your risk and which symptoms you should see a doctor.
In Germany, an average of 8,790 people are newly diagnosed with liver cancer, also known as liver cancer, every year.
But there are more and more: In the last 35 years, the number of new cases has doubled in both men and women.
The earlier the cancer is detected, the better the chances of recovery.
Therefore, you should have the following symptoms clarified by your doctor immediately.
A certain risk group in particular has an enormously increased risk of liver cancer,
which is why they should go for early detection regularly.
Loss of appetite, upper abdominal pain and weakness can have many causes - for example an inflammation of the stomach lining *.
But serious diseases such as liver cancer can also be behind it.
The following symptoms occur in the advanced stages of the disease
and should be clarified by a doctor immediately:
Pressure pain in the upper abdomen
Loss of appetite
nausea
increased body temperature of unknown cause
unwanted weight loss
weakness
swelling under the right costal arch, increasing yellowing of the skin (jaundice) and itching
Liver cancer, or HCC, as the cancer is also known, usually does
not cause symptoms at the beginning
.
Symptoms only appear when the cancer spreads.
But as the disease progresses, the chance of successfully treating the cancer also decreases.
Therefore, you should know the following preventive measures.
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Preventing Liver Cancer: How To Lower Your Risk
Liver cancer almost always develops due to cirrhosis of the liver - a scarred remodeling of the liver tissue that can occur as a result of liver damage and liver inflammation (hepatitis) over several years.
The consequence of cirrhosis of the liver: the destruction of liver cells.
As the German Cancer Society reported, only around 20 percent of all liver cancer patients were not diagnosed with previous liver cirrhosis.
The following causes are often behind the development of liver cancer
:
Alcohol abuse
chronic viral infections (with hepatitis C or hepatitis B viruses)
a non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (as a result of being very overweight and type 2 diabetes)
an unbalanced diet high in unhealthy fat and sugar
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The following risk groups should go to liver cancer early detection regularly
Especially people with existing liver diseases such as cirrhosis, hepatitis B and non-alcoholic fatty liver hepatitis should have regular early detection examinations, as the German Cancer Society recommends.
It is an
ultrasound examination of the liver
(
liver
sonography
) in which the liver, gall bladder and bile duct are examined.
(jg) * Merkur.de is part of the Germany-wide Ippen digital editorial network
.
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