What to do about bile duct cancer stomach pain

For bile duct cancer stomach pain, you can treat the primary focus (bile duct cancer) under doctor’s guidance and use pain relieving drugs and other pain relief. Cholangiocarcinoma is a group of malignant tumors of biliary system with low incidence, originated from epithelial cells of bile ducts, and most of them are adenocarcinomas. According to the site of tumor occurrence, it includes intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, hepatoportal cholangiocarcinoma (upper cholangiocarcinoma), middle cholangiocarcinoma, and distal cholangiocarcinoma. Early stage of cholangiocarcinoma has no obvious clinical manifestations, while advanced stage patients may have right upper abdominal pain, abdominal distension, fatigue, lack of appetite, potent white stools, jaundice, fever and other manifestations. End-stage patients may have life-threatening complications such as gastrointestinal bleeding, infectious shock and hepatic encephalopathy. For patients with combined abdominal pain, treatment mainly consists of causative therapy and symptomatic therapy: Causative treatment: i.e. to treat cholangiocarcinoma, the symptoms can be improved through comprehensive treatments such as surgery, radiotherapy and targeted drug therapy, etc. Early stage cholangiocarcinoma without metastasis can be completely removed through surgical treatment. Radiotherapy and targeted drug therapy can also be used to control the lesions. Symptomatic treatment: if the abdominal pain is caused by cholestasis, puncture and drainage can be given to alleviate the symptoms; for abdominal pain, drugs such as ibuprofen and morphine can be given to alleviate the pain, and the specific drugs should be used in accordance with doctor’s prescription. If bile duct cancer is diagnosed, one should go to regular hospitals for diagnosis and treatment in time, and actively cooperate with doctor’s instruction to avoid delaying the condition.