Experts warn that pain or discomfort following a meal could be an indication of liver cancer.
People with this disease often experience symptoms similar to indigestion. The disease kills around 6,000 people each year in the UK.
According to the NHS, most people suffer from heartburn and bloating.
It is reported that people feel full quickly after eating small meals or snacks.
These symptoms can be easily dismissed as indigestion. This is a harmless condition.
It’s important that you are aware of the dangers, as liver carcinoma is difficult to detect.
Symptoms are often not present in the beginning, but if they appear it is important to act quickly.
The NHS has identified some easy to miss signs that could affect your digestive system.
Feeling or being sick
Right shoulder or top right side of the tummy?
Feeling full quickly after eating is a symptom of indigestion.
The cause of a very bloated stomach that does not relate to what you eat
Other indicators that are more widely applicable include:
Weight loss (more that five percent of your normal body weight in six to twelve months).
Jaundice is the yellowing of skin and the whites of eyes.
Fever
Itching
Darker pee, paler poo
Feeling sick
Loss of appetite
The right side of the abdomen has a lump.
Feeling unwell or experiencing flu-like symptoms
These symptoms do not mean that you have cancer of the liver or are in serious health problems.
If they continue for longer than two weeks you should consult a doctor.
Cancer Research UK’s (CRUK’s) spokesperson said that even if you are worried about the symptoms, it is important to see your doctor as soon as possible.
Your worry will not go away if it isn’t addressed.
The symptom may not be cancer. If it is cancer, the sooner it’s detected the better the chances of a successful treatment.
You won’t waste your doctor’s valuable time.”
In the UK, around 6,200 people each year are diagnosed with liver cancer. This is 17 new cases per day.
According to CRUK, it is more common among men. The risk of developing this disease increases as we age.
Every year, it claims approximately 5,800 lives – that’s 16 every day.
The liver is located just below the right lung and is the second-largest organ of the body, after the skin.
Liver Cancer begins here, when abnormal cells begin to multiply and grow uncontrollably.
is not detected until it has spread to other parts of the body.
Primary liver cancer can be classified into several types. There are several types of primary liver cancer.
Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most common type of cancer.
Fibrolamellar Cancer – A rare form of HCC
Bile duct carcinoma (also known as cholangiocarcinoma – begins in the bile drains inside or outside of the liver)
Angiosarcoma, or haemangiosarcoma, is a rare cancer that starts in the liver’s blood vessels.
Hepatoblastoma – a rare childhood cancer
CRUK reports that one out of 10 patients survives their illness for at least 10 years.