Dipika Kakar reveals stage 2 liver cancer diagnosis after initial tumour report

Fashionable TV actress Dipika Kakar has revealed that she has been identified with stage 2 liver most cancers. Over the previous week, her husband and actor Shoaib Ibrahim had been sharing updates on her well being. Initially they knowledgeable followers that she had a non-cancerous, tennis ball-sized tumour in her liver. Nevertheless, extra exams have been completed. On Tuesday, Dipika took to her Instagram deal with to share the heartbreaking replace that the tumour is, the truth is, cancerous. The information has come as a shock to her followers and well-wishers. Dipika Kakar was final seen within the first season of Celeb MasterChef India, which she exited resulting from a shoulder damage.

Dipika Kakar identified with stage 2 liver most cancers

Tv actress Dipika Kakar, greatest identified for her position in Sasural Simar Ka, has revealed that she has been identified with stage 2 liver most cancers. In an emotional be aware, Dipika opened up in regards to the well being scare, detailing the sequence of occasions that led to her prognosis, and expressed her energy to face the troublesome journey forward with braveness.

Taking to her Instagram account, Dipika Kakar wrote, “As you all are conscious previous few weeks have been fairly troublesome for us… strolling into the hospital for a ache within the higher space of my abdomen… after which discovering out its a tennis ball measurement tumour within the liver after which Discovering out that the tumour is Second stage Malignant (Cancerous) … it has been some of the troublesome time we have now seen, skilled!”

Regardless of the prognosis, Dipika Kakar shared that she stays hopeful and constructive. “I’m all constructive and decided to face this and stroll out stronger InshAllah! With my total household being by my facet and All of the LOVE and PRAYERS pouring in from all of you I’ll sail by means of this too! IshaAllah. Hold me in your prayers! A lot of love. Dipika,” she added. Her submit was captioned, “Hold Me In Your Prayers.”

Preliminary reviews indicated a ‘tennis ball-sized’ tumour

Dipika Kakar was not too long ago hospitalised after experiencing a excessive fever and extreme abdomen ache. Following a session with a physician and preliminary blood exams, she was prescribed antibiotics, which supplied momentary reduction. Nevertheless, when the ache returned, her physician advisable a CT scan. The scan revealed a tumour within the left lobe of her liver, roughly the scale of a tennis ball. “It was very stunning for us,” mentioned her husband, actor Shoaib Ibrahim. Preliminary reviews steered that the liver tumour was non-cancerous, however the couple awaited one remaining take a look at to verify the prognosis. Surgical procedure was initially deliberate for final week, however it was postponed till additional testing was accomplished. Sadly, the outcomes have now confirmed that the tumour is cancerous, and Dipika has been identified with stage 2 liver most cancers.

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Together with the replace on Instagram, Dipika Kakar and Shoaib additionally spoke at size about her well being on their YouTube channel. Within the video, the couple shared a constructive improvement—exams confirmed that the most cancers has not unfold to every other a part of her physique, and docs are assured a couple of profitable surgical procedure. Nevertheless, the surgical procedure, which was initially scheduled for this week, has been postponed as Dipika remains to be recovering from the flu. Shoaib additionally revealed that she’s been experiencing ache resulting from a gallbladder stone. Regardless of the challenges, the couple stays hopeful and grateful for the assist they’ve obtained.

What’s liver most cancers?

Liver most cancers is a severe situation the place malignant (cancerous) cells type within the tissues of the liver. The liver, a football-sized organ positioned within the higher proper a part of the stomach, performs a significant position in digestion, metabolism, and cleansing. It produces bile to assist digest fat, shops sugar for power, and filters dangerous substances from the blood.

There are two predominant sorts of liver most cancers, which embody major and secondary. Major liver most cancers begins within the liver itself, whereas secondary liver most cancers begins in one other a part of the physique and spreads to the liver.

Widespread signs of liver most cancers

In accordance with the Nationwide Most cancers Institute, signs of liver most cancers could embody:

• A tough lump beneath the precise rib cage
• Ache or discomfort within the higher proper stomach
• A swollen or bloated stomach
• Ache close to the precise shoulder blade or again
• Jaundice (yellowing of pores and skin and eyes)
• Simple bruising or bleeding
• Fatigue or weak point
• Nausea or vomiting
• Lack of urge for food or feeling full rapidly
• Unexplained weight reduction
• Pale or chalky stools and darkish urine
• Fever

Therapy for liver most cancers

Liver most cancers remedy will depend on the stage and total well being of the affected person. Widespread remedy choices embody surgical procedure to take away the tumour, or liver transplantation in eligible instances. Different strategies like ablation (destroying most cancers cells), embolization (blocking blood provide to the tumour), and radiation remedy are used to shrink or management tumours. Chemotherapy and focused therapies could also be advisable to gradual most cancers progress, particularly in superior phases.