How to prevent Liver Cancer?? | Symptoms & Causes explained

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Liver cancer or hepatocellular carcinoma is a cancer that arises from the liver cells. It is much more common in countries like Africa, Southeast Asia, China, Japan and Korea.
More than 800K people are diagnosed with liver cancer each year throughout the world. It is also a leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, accounting for more than 700K deaths each year.
In Singapore, Liver cancer was ranked the 3rd most common cancer in men between the year of 2015 to 2019 and it occurs more commonly in those above 50 years of age.
In this video, we will discuss some of the risk factors for getting primary liver cancer and what you can do to prevent it or to identify it earlier.

What are some of the risk factors for liver cancer?
1) Gender
2) Race and ethnicity
3) Chronic hepatitis viral infection
4) Excessive alcohol consumption and tobacco use
5) Being obese and diabetic.
6) Patients with liver cirrhosis.
7) Exposure to aflatoxins.

Now that we know what increases your risk of liver cancer or hepatocellular carcinoma, what are some of the preventive measures you can adopt??
1) Avoid getting hepatitis B or C.
We can do that by getting our Hepatitis B vaccination which is more than 98% effective in preventing a Viral hepatitis B infection.
There is no vaccination for Hepatitis C at the moment.

2) Regular follow up and checks if you already have chronic hepatitis b & c
Now in the event you already have been infected with hepatitis b and c, the next best thing you can do for yourself is to go for regular checks. These checks may involve regular physical examination, blood checks and scans to assess the stage of your viral infection.

3) Stop drinking and stop smoking.
As discussed above, excessive alcohol consumption and smoking has a direct causative effect on liver cancer.

4) Fight obesity and diabetes
Obesity is a known risk factor for cancer.
Diabetes together with obesity very much increases the risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis(NASH) in the long run, if left unchecked can increase your risk of liver cirrhosis and
liver cancer.

Lastly, do see a doctor immediately if you experience any of the below symptoms and signs.
- Unexplained weight loss or loss of appetite
- Feeling very full after a small Meal
- Generalised weakness and lethargy
- Nausea or vomiting
- Abdominal swelling or bloated abdomen
- Hard mass felt under the ribs on the right or middle or your upper abdomen
- Jaundice
- Abdominal swelling or leg swelling.

00:00 Intro
01:04 Risk Factors for Liver Cancer
03:29 Preventive measures
05:16 Symptoms & Signs of Liver Cancer

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