The
liver cancer is quite rare, but since the 1990s the relative risk has
doubled rising from 3,5 to 6,5 percent per 100.000, the chief medical
officer for the American Cancer Society, Otis Brawley has noticed. The
symptoms of it do not usually show until the cancer is at advanced
stages, so making regular screenings may be the key to survival rates.
If we are having someone with regular screenings and it looks like
cancer, we are going to be able to cure them, versus in case when they
have an advance disease that has spread beyond the liver, said Dr.
Ghassan Aboualfa, a medical oncologist at the Memorial Sloan Kettering
Cancer Center. We do not want to see patients with symptoms. Check the
four risk factors and the four symptoms that may give clue the signs of
liver damage, and avoid these ways because you are secretly hurting your
liver.
You’ve had hepatitis C
There are
some characteristics that can put you at risk for liver cancer. People
who have history of the virus hepatitis C may develop related liver
cancer ten years after their diagnosis. CDS has recommended that anyone
born between 1945 and 1965 get tested for the virus. Many of the
Americans in this age group have not been screened, says Dr. Brawley.
There exist some treatment that may cure hepatitis C and so prevent
liver cancer. You might be having this liver disease and not know it.
You’ve had hepatitis B (or haven’t been vaccinated)
This
one, although is unrelated to hepatitis C can also cause cancer. All
American children get vaccinated when they are born, but people who have
not gotten this vaccination may be at risk for liver cancer, Dr.
Aboualfa says. Everyone who had hepatitis should have some form of
monitoring by a medical expert. He also recommends getting an ultrasound
at least once a year in order to screen for cancer in case you had
either virus. Making a test for protein alfa fetoprotein in the blood
may also be a sign to liver cancer, although is has been proven to be an
accurate test. Maybe you are not realizing it, but thirdhand smoke may
actually damage your liver.
You hit the bottle hard (or used to)
Heavy
alcohol may damage the liver cells which are replaced by scar tissue
and this issue can then lead to liver cancer, as the American Cancer
Society thinks. Please pay some attention to these signs you are binge
drinking.
You’re obese
There is some new driver [of
liver cancer] is non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, Dr. Abou-Alfa
states and the rise in liver cancer associated with obesity and diabetes
has been the main driver for years. Only because you are overweight
does not mean you are necessarily at high risk for liver cancer, Dr.
Bawley says. A lot of people in the United Sates are obese and liver
cancer is so rare, he notes. The many risk factors you have, the more
concerned you should be, so talk to your doctor. Try these ways to lose
weight without a lick of exercise.
You notice unusual abdominal pain
Most
of persons with liver cancer experience some pain in the upper right of
their abdomen, says Dr. Brawley, and when he examines patients who are
asymptomatic, when he presses where the liver is, they say that that
hurts. Experincing pain in this area does not necessarily meand liver
cancer, it may be from hepatitis, or pancreas problems, or gallbladder,
he noted. Here are the seven common stomach pains and what they mean.
You’re losing weight without trying
Loss
of appetite and weight loss is a common symptom of people with a lot of
different diseases, including a number of different cancers and
viruses, Dr. Brawley noted. Dropping on the scale might not be cancer,
but please make sure to tell your doctor if your other symptoms could be
linked with liver cancer. There follow some other cancer symptoms men
should never ignore and cancer signs women shouldn’t overlook.
You feel full quickly
Having
some excess fluid in the belly could cause you to feel full faster than
usual, Dr. Abou-Alfa says. Cancer always makes you lose your appetite.
Your eyes or skin are yellow
These
symptoms of jaundice could indicate liver cancer, and if you are
itching and have jaundice, it’s not a good story,” he told us. Jaundice
can also be a telltale symptom of pancreatic cancer.
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