This personal account details the author's experience with being misdiagnosed with acid reflux before finally being diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma, a rare bile duct cancer. It highlights the importance of awareness about this cancer, its subtle early symptoms, and the urgency of seeking appropriate medical attention.
I had cancer, specifically, cholangiocarcinoma It began with an intermittent pain under my right rib. It was 2021 and I was 48, too busy living life to take this usual pain seriously. So I brushed it off. That pain only got worse when I drank alcohol. Even though I was only a social drinker I started to get terrible hangovers even if I only had a couple of glasses. Still, I never dreamed this was a sign that something was seriously wrong. Over the following months I became increasingly fatigued.
What followed was a liver resection Signs and symptoms of cholangiocarcinoma In its early stages, there are few obvious signs and symptoms and those that do occur are non-specific to the disease and can occur from other cancerous as well as non-cancerous causes in that area, such as gallstones and inflammation of the bile ducts. In advanced stages, jaundice is the most common symptom , dark urine, pale stools, and sometimes itching due to the cancer blocking the flow of bile.
CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA CANCER DIAGNOSIS HEALTH LIVER DISEASE
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