Professional Faqs: How Does Liver Cancer Affect Quality Of Life?

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Expert opinion from Sadhvi Mythili

MBBS,DNB psychiatry · 6 years of experience · India

The liver is an important organ related to metabolism in the body. Like any cancer, liver cancer affects the quality of life significantly. It can cause extreme fatigue, muscle cramps, and body aches. Sexual dysfunction and gynecomastia are common too. Financial constraints leading to reduced quality of life because of cancer are common too.

Expert opinion from Gustavo Campos

Doctor of Medicine · 9 years of experience · Brazil

The liver is essential for a variety of body functions. The cancer progression may lead to liver incapacity to work properly. This can result in weight loss, poor appetite, tiredness, weakness, swelling, accumulation of liquid in the belly, yellowing of the skin, feeling of fullness in the stomach, constipation, confusion, and coma.

Expert opinion from Sai Kiran Kumar K

MBBS, MD · 9 years of experience · India

Symptoms of liver cancer that affect the quality of life are sleep disorders, pruritis, fatigue, muscle cramps, and sexual dysfunction.

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