23 years of fighting against advanced ovarian cancer

In daily life, we often see many examples of ovarian cancer prevention in the late stage. In order to prevent ovarian cancer from developing to the late stage, the tumor cells in the patient's body will not only migrate through direct infiltration, but also spread through the blood or tissue fluid. The emergence of other secondary cancer foci not only brings great physical and mental pain to the patient, but also increases the difficulty of treatment and seriously endangers the patient's life. Some patients will fight the disease to the end and continue like that, but how can one survive 23 years with advanced ovarian cancer? What are the symptoms of ovarian cancer?

First, let's take a look at the five major symptoms of advanced ovarian cancer:

Symptom 1: Compression symptoms: In the late stage of ovarian cancer, when the tumor infiltrates the surrounding tissues or compresses the nerves, it can cause abdominal pain, back pain or sciatica. If the pelvic veins are compressed, the legs and feet may swell. When the tumor grows, it can compress the bladder, causing frequent urination, urgency, difficulty urinating, and urine retention. If it compresses the duodenum, it can cause difficulty in defecation. If it compresses the digestive tract, there will be digestive symptoms. If it compresses the diaphragm, it can cause difficulty breathing and inability to lie flat.

Symptom 2: Pain: Malignant ovarian tumors may cause a certain degree of persistent pain due to changes in the tumor, such as rapid growth of hemorrhage and necrosis, or local tenderness may be found during examination, which are advanced symptoms of ovarian cancer.

Symptom 3: Cachexia: Due to the rapid growth of ovarian cancer, tumor cells steal nutrients from the body's fat and protein to build themselves, causing the body to lose a large amount of nutrients. Patients then show symptoms of advanced ovarian cancer such as significant weight loss and severe anemia.

Symptom 4: Abdominal distension and lumps: In the late stage of ovarian cancer, lower abdominal distension is very obvious.

Symptom 5: Other symptoms of advanced ovarian cancer: During gynecological examination, scattered hard lumps can be felt in the posterior fornix of the vagina. The lumps are mostly bilateral, solid, and have an uneven surface.

Find out what can be done to relieve the pain of ovarian cancer .

1. Analgesic drugs. For most cancers, pain is the most important symptom. Cancer cannot be effectively controlled clinically at present, so the severe pain of terminal patients is usually relieved by analgesics such as morphine and pethidine.

2. Diuresis and swelling. The pain in patients with advanced ovarian cancer is not only caused by the expansion of the tumor compressing the nerves, but also partly due to the pain caused by nausea and water retention at the cancer site. Therefore, terminal patients can use Chinese medicine or acupuncture to expel some of the water, which can also relieve the pain.

3. Carry out chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy are currently the most effective ways to treat cancer. They are very helpful in controlling the growth of cancer tissue. Therefore, terminally ill patients can consider using radiotherapy and chemotherapy to relieve pain.