PROFESSIONAL FAQS: WHAT ARE SOME KNOWN COMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPING LIVER CANCER?
Expert opinion from Marcella Abunahman Pereira
Specialization in Clinical Cardiology · 12 years of experience · Brazil
Factors that increase the risk for developing liver cancer are: chronic infection with hepatitis C and hepatitis B; cirrhosis; certain inherited liver diseases; diabetes; non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; obesity exposure to aflatoxins that are substances are produced by a fungus that contaminates peanuts, wheat, soybeans, corn and rice; smoking; and excessive alcohol consumption.
Expert opinion from Piyush Puri
MBBS · 1 years of experience · India
Liver cancer can cause various complications like cachexia, loss of appetite, bleeding from the esophagus, etc. It can also lead to malnutrition. It can lead to ascites and whole-body oedema. It ultimately leads to the death of the patient.
Expert opinion from Sarath Kumar Sar
MBBS · 1 years of experience · India
Death occurs from cachexia, variceal bleeding. Tumor rupture and bleed into peritoneum. There will be extreme weight loss. Abdominal pain and bloating when fluids accumulate in the abdomen.
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