It’s my first post on here so I hope it’s OK to ask this question.
I’m a bit worried about having liver cancer, and was a bit surprised to read about the shoulder pain being something you might have as an early symptom of liver cancer as I have that sometimes, but I’ve never heard of this being a symptom of this disease. Is the pain they are talking about here a muscular type pain (which mine isn’t) or more of a kind of ‘stinging’ pain which mine is.
I’m adding the link that I read below so you can see what the piece said:
A swollen abdomen might cause discomfort or pain, and a loss of appetite or feeling full quickly. A swollen (enlarged) liver can cause pain in your right shoulder. This is because the enlarged liver stimulates nerves that connect to nerves in the shoulder.
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Have a look at Short lived liver pain post. 2nd thread from Wass gives a guide.
Referred pain. I had it for a while it's moved to my right elbow. Stinging pain is a good way of explaining it. Think most of us with any liver condition gets it and other aches and pains in muscle & joint's. Something we have to bare.
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Ofeck is so right loads of us have/had shoulder pain, as well as pain on the right rib area.
Have you been diagnosed with liver cancer? There are several on here who have/had liver cancer - they can comment far more knowledgeably than me with specifics... Hopefully they’ll be here soon!
I haven’t been diagnosed with liver cancer but I was reading about it and git frightened because of the stinging I’ve been having in my chest and the back of my shoulder.
Pain in the shoulder can be caused by many things. Frozen shoulder, rotator cuff syndrome, a pinched spinal nerve to name but a few. Yes, a swollen and enlarged liver can cause this type of pain also.
The best thing to do if you are worried is to go and get it checked out.
Guessing causes stressing! Often unnecessarily too!
It's a difficult one to answer because no two people are the same.
There is a big chance that if you have had rotator cuff syndrome before then it could well be that but as with any new symptom it is really best to get it checked out.
The experts are the ones that will know, whereas with guessing at it the mind works overtime and you can imagine that you have all kind of ailments!
Shoulder pain was my main symptom of liver cancer..it felt muscular but was in fact referred pain from the tumour in my liver..are you having any tests for liver cancer?
Mine didnt sting but I cant say for sure. Like i said mine was muscular..unfortunately it wasnt picked up on but as soon as my tumour was removed the shoulder pain was gone.
Thank you for your replies, and for wishing me luck when I see my doctor. I’m hoping it’s not cancer going by what you said, but I’ll see what he says tomorrow. I don’t have any other symptoms of cancer, as I’m never very tired and I never have an loss of appetite and I’m not losing weight, so I hope I’ll be OK, but it seems to be the shoulder pain that’s the biggest sign, going by what they said on the website I was looking at today.
No, it’s not a pulled muscle, it just stings. That’s what the problem is, and I’m just worried because of what I read about the first sign of liver cancer being a pain in your top front of your chest and the back of your shoulder.
Events occurred that stopped me going as I had to cancel through no fault of my own. I have rebooked an appointment for the end of next week, and I also have an appointment at a Hepatology clinic, too.
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