Symptoms and characteristics of late stage bile duct cancer

  Patients with advanced tumors are very painful, and so are those with bile duct cancer. How to improve the quality of life and reduce the pain of patients in advanced stage is a hot topic of modern medical research, after all, it takes a long time to overcome tumors, and reducing their pain is something that can be improved now. Patients with advanced cholangiocarcinoma can take ginsenoside Rh2 to enhance their immunity and improve their quality of life.  Symptoms and characteristics of advanced cholangiocarcinoma Abdominal pain: about half of the patients have symptoms such as pain and distension or discomfort in the right upper abdomen, weight loss and loss of appetite. These symptoms are often regarded as early warning symptoms of cholangiocarcinoma. The abdominal pain starts at first. There are similar to cholelithiasis and cholecystitis. According to clinical observation, abdominal pain and jaundice can appear after only 3 months of bile duct cancer onset.  Jaundice: patients with cholangiocarcinoma lack typical symptoms in early stage, and most of them are mostly seen for jaundice, which is the earliest and most important symptom of cholangiocarcinoma. About 90% – 98% of cholangiocarcinoma patients have different degrees of skin and sclera yellowing. Jaundice is characterized by progressive aggravation and deepening, and is mostly painless; a few patients have fluctuating jaundice. Jaundice in upper bile duct cancer appears earlier, while jaundice in middle and lower bile duct cancer may appear later due to the buffering of the gallbladder.  Itchy skin: It may appear before or after the appearance of jaundice, or it may be accompanied by other symptoms such as tachycardia, bleeding tendency, mental atrophy, weakness, fatty diarrhea and abdominal distension.