Warning Signs Of Liver Cancer You Should Know to Save Your Life

Posted by John Twin on December 17th, 2018

What does a machine need to run efficiently? The right fuel, well-functioning parts, and maintenance. Similarly, your body is an amalgamation of the right food, well-functioning organs, and working out your skills on the daily basis, and that’s about all you need for a fine body. For a long time, we have been more conscious of specific organs like the heart, brain etc. that we may have overlooked some. The liver is the largest human organ after skin, who is entrusted with a couple of crucial tasks-

  • Removal of any toxins and waste from the body

  • Creating bile for healthy digestion for food

  • Regulation of hormones

  • Acting as a glycogen deposit which is used for energy at the hour of need

Your liver is located to the right of your stomach and below the diaphragm hiding under the rib cage. A worst damage to your liver can lead to a liver transplantation. It is also important to choose the right liver transplant surgeon/specialist.

Risk Factors

A well-functioning liver signifies a healthy body while a problematic one will hound your body with disease. Imagine how a disease like liver cancer would impact your body. There are two types of liver cancer one which solely originates in the liver is called primary liver cancer and the one which buds somewhere else and expands to the liver is called the secondary liver cancer. The latter is much more common and there are a couple of risk factors which contribute to its inception, here are some-

  • If you are currently suffering from Hepatitis B or C or have a history with the same

  • Alcohol Abuse

  • Suffering from any type of liver scarring or damage otherwise known as Cirrhosis

  • Infected with Hemochromatosis

  • Are suffering from obesity or diabetes

Symptoms

All these were long shots and risks for pre-cancer stages, what to do when one is actually infected? Are there any symptoms? Yes, there are-

  • Pain on the upper right corner of your stomach

  • Creation of a lump or any anomaly and feeling of heaviness in the same area

  • The feeling of fullness and loss of appetite

  • Weight loss due to no specific reason

  • Unexplained fatigue and fever

  • Pale yellow skin and eyes

  • Swollen abdomen area

Let’s get one thing straight, you can site these symptoms for some other reason too, it's not a confirmation that you are affected by it. But if you see any combination of symptoms in your body you should visit a doctor without any delays.

Diagnosis

As you hit the clinic, your liver doctor may conduct several tests to determine your condition. Some of these tests are-

  • CT(CAT) Scan

  • Ultrasound

  • Biopsy

  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

  • Serum Tumor Tests

  • Analysing your history with liver diseases

If you are tested positive then there are a couple of more tests conducted to determine which stage you are in. The Worst case scenario you may suffer from a liver failure and have to undergo a liver transplant in India. There are a number of ways your condition could be treated. Remember, Liver transplant is a life saving surgery after getting a donor. You can consider your visit to India for treating this condition because India is one of the top medical tourism destination worldwide. Go to a good liver hospital where your oncologist will craft a remission plan with treatment procedure like radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and any form of surgery at some point in time. 

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