Perhaps this cough is cancer of the liver signal must pay attention to

The 2016-07-02

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Combine traditional Chinese and western medicine experts questioned/guangdong institute, director of professional committee of the tumor, the first affiliated hospital of guangzhou university of TCM oncology department director Professor lie-chu Lin

Article/yangcheng evening news reporter Shine the correspondent Qiu-xia zhang Chen Zhuangzhong

When it comes to cancer of the liver, people think of is liver area symptoms such as pain, jaundice, abdominal distension, angular. Actually otherwise, the performance of the liver cancer is varied, the early often lack of typical clinical symptoms, easy to be ignored. The first affiliated hospital of guangzhou university of TCM tumor, combine traditional Chinese and western medicine in guangdong province association, director of the center, director of professional committee of professor lie-chu Lin said: "a portion of the liver cancer patients will appear a dry cough, sometimes with rib pain, but according to the X-ray found no problems, know until after deterioration is liver cancer."

For a long time The more don't cough was liver cancer

When lee recalled dad illness from zhanjiang, tears: dad more impatient personality, also from time to time a little cough, the symptoms of comparatively light, and also not too seriously. After retirement, my dad still do, inside and out, father to help take care of very well, oneself also at ease outside in the struggle. But dad cough is getting heavier and heavier, at first thought it was bronchitis attack, to the clinic with a "anti-inflammatory drugs" to eat, did not improve, then with more serious, especially in the evening, sleep cough. Overall check to the hospital, lee father diagnosed with liver cancer. "Why is cancer of the liver cough?" Mr Li was puzzled.

Early symptoms of liver cancer is not typical

Lie-chu Lin professor answer said, "there are two main factors, this one is in the process of breathing, stimulate the diaphragm liver neoplasm, cause lung reflection created a cough, the other is a liver cancer has spread to the lungs And cause cough. Chinese classic books huangdi neijing is pointed out that 'insides are cough, lung nonexclusive.' cough cured, so it is a comprehensive examination, rule out other organs caused by disease."

"Liver is the body's largest biochemical factory, due to the powerful biochemical compensatory function of the liver, liver cancer often lack of typical clinical symptoms, early wait for larger tumor or liver damage to show the special symptoms." Lie-chu Lin pointed out that in addition to cough, low back pain is present in some patients, which may be outstanding liver tumors can stimulate the diaphragm or metastases; Some patients are prominent tumor oppression stomach and duodenum, eat of thing to feel pain, his thought is indigestion, according to the stomach disease treatment, delay the disease; And liver cancer patients have symptoms such as abdominal pain, abdominal distension and ascites, this is because the portal vein was blocked by tumor emboli. Therefore, chronic cough, low back pain, stomach pain, abdominal distension, abdominal pain, ascites, such as one, need to alert to the possibility of tumor.