liver cancer

Treatment of metastatic liver cancer, even though in many cases not very effective to control the patient's condition, and also helps alleviate the symptoms, relieve pain and discomfort patients feel. In Medicine said such treatment or palliative care to relieve therapy (palliative therapy).

Liver swelling and pain
As transferred to the liver tumor liver will continually expand and swell, tumor will gradually oppression around the fiber capsule cause pain. To thoroughly resolve this pain, drug therapy can be used to reduce the swelling of liver tumors, or surgical resection of the affected sites, but can also use simple analgesics effects, the use of the treatment as necessary. Some effects pain medicine will slow down the patient's gastrointestinal peristalsis caused constipation, patients are required to drink fluids and, if necessary, may be used to prevent constipation light cathartic. In the use of morphine, pain medicine is not recommended diet contains large amounts of fiber.

Radiation therapy can reduce the pain caused by cancer. But according to dose and duration of treatment, side effects of radiotherapy will have. Because of the liver radiation tolerance of low (25-30 Gy limited to the following), radiation does not generally as the preferred treatment of metastatic liver cancer.

Steroid drugs can also contracted the liver swell. Steroid drugs usually need to take a few weeks and months.

Fatigue and loss of appetite
Fatigue and loss of appetite, and other symptoms may be relatively minor, but still detrimental to the quality of life. Sometimes a doctor will give you steroids drugs, you refreshing aperitif.

Nausea and vomiting
Antiemetic drugs can relieve nausea and vomiting caused discomfort. Antiemetic There are many doctors will choose the most suitable. Symptoms are nausea, patients how to eat, it is necessary Huadianxinsai.

Ascites
Ascites swelling of the abdomen, lung breathing difficult stretch completely. Patients will be breathing difficulties and discomfort. Ascites patients can use diuretics, help the body to excess fluid from the body as urine, in order to avoid the accumulation of the body. Also, in the thin tube inserted into the abdomen to discharge excess fluid. This treatment needs to local anesthesia in the abdomen. But as long as there is a need, can do an unlimited number of times to repeat.

Jaundice disease
Blocked bile duct cancer cells or tumor (connecting tubes in the liver and small intestine), will form jaundice disease. Of the skin and eyelids to see Wei Huang, pruritus. At this time can be used antihistamines or other drugs antipruritic.

Sometimes can be directly relieve jaundice disease. With a thin catheter inserted into bile duct to maintain smooth, no blocking of the causes of jaundice.

Fever
If patients with a high fever (fever, night sweats or chills Dazhan), immediately notify the doctors exclude infection and drugs relieve high temperature.

A gagging
Liver oppression diaphragm (separated chest and abdominal muscle layer), there will be a gagging phenomenon. There are many drugs can alleviate this situation.

Pruritus
Pruritus is usually caused by jaundice. If the skin itch, not scrubbing with disinfectant soap to avoid dry skin, become more itch. Tu Cream patients test, but also can be used antihistamines or other drugs antipruritic.

Review after treatment
Designate completed treatment, the doctor will ask the patient regular follow-up appointments and an X-ray. If during an unusual feeling, or if new symptoms, patients should immediately notify the doctor.