The symptoms of fever after interventional therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma are usually most severe for about three to seven days, with milder symptoms slowly subsiding afterwards, and severe symptoms requiring symptomatic treatment to relieve them.
Interventional therapy, as the name implies, is not an open-ended surgical treatment, nor is it a treatment method that relies exclusively on drugs, but rather something in between. The patient’s fever may be caused by the pain of the cancer itself, and interventional therapy may include a variety of treatment options, such as pharmacological or radiological interventions, as well as fever caused by infection or problems with the immune system.
In clinical experience, most patients experience fever, vomiting, and nausea after interventional therapy, so it is usually advisable to stay in the hospital for a few days after the intervention. Some patients will recover slowly in one to two weeks after treatment, and fever and other symptoms will disappear.
Some patients may have a fever that persists after treatment, with a temperature of 38.5 degrees or higher, which may be due to complications from infection. This is the case when the blood picture is elevated and a culture can be taken to confirm the presence of infection. The doctor will usually choose antibiotics to treat this type of condition.