Liver cancer screening is performing special tests to detect liver and biliary diseases, early stage liver cancer to detect the disease and increase the ability to treat the disease at an early stage
Warning signs that need to be screened for liver cancer
1. Jaundice Jaundice
Jaundice Jaundice is common in benign liver diseases such as liver dysfunction, hepatitis B, C, cirrhosis. However, jaundice is also a warning symptom of hepatobiliary cancer.
Jaundice is caused by impaired liver function leading to a sudden increase in bilirubin in the blood, causing the skin color to change.
2 Abdominal distention
The liver is an organ that plays an important role in the body’s metabolism. When the liver is attacked by cancer cells, it will lead to weakness, not performing well, causing an unappetizing situation. At this time, you will often experience symptoms of abdominal distension, bloating, gas, fed up with greasy foods, the body does not absorb all the nutrients, leading to rapid weight loss.
3 Anorexia Anorexia
Anorexia Anorexia is also an early warning sign of hepatobiliary cancer. The reason is that the tumor appears in the liver, making the liver’s ability to work and detoxify poor, liver function severely reduced, the body’s nutritional deficiency causes prolonged fatigue.
Even, in many cases, vomiting and nausea appear. Therefore, if you often feel nausea and vomiting accompanied by symptoms of anorexia, fatigue, etc., you need to see a doctor immediately for an accurate diagnosis of the disease.
4 Dark Urine Urine
color also indicates your health status. When the liver has problems, a large amount of bilirubin is excreted, causing the urine to become dark yellow. This is one of the common signs of liver cancer that should not be ignored.
Besides, abdominal pain can also be a warning sign of hepatobiliary cancer. Abdominal pain with hepatobiliary cancer is pain above the navel with mild to moderate intensity, and is intense as the tumor in the liver is large.
Symptoms of hepatobiliary cancer are often vague and easily confused with many common diseases. Therefore, when you see strange symptoms, lasting more than 1 week, you need to see a doctor immediately.
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