What are the symptoms of pancreatic cancer

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I met my primary school classmate not long ago. I haven't seen him for a long time, so we went to a place to chat for a while. He said that he was very upset recently because his family was found to have pancreatic cancer, so he had to run in the hospital all the time. Let's talk about the symptoms of pancreatic cancer.

What are the symptoms of pancreatic cancer

First: abdominal pain, pain is the main symptom of pancreatic cancer, and whether the tumor is located in the head or tail of the pancreas. 60% ～ 80% of the patients presented with epigastric pain, and 85% of the patients with epigastric pain could not be resected or were in advanced stage. Generally, the pain has nothing to do with diet. At first, most of them are mild and persistent, and the pain gradually worsens.

Second: jaundice, jaundice is an important symptom of pancreatic cancer, especially pancreatic head cancer. Jaundice is obstructive, accompanied by dark yellow urine and clay like stool, which is caused by the invasion or compression of the lower end of the common bile duct. Jaundice is progressive, although there may be slight fluctuations, but it can not completely subside. The temporary relief of jaundice is related to the disappearance of inflammation around the ampulla in the early stage. In the late stage, the jaundice caused by ampullary tumor is more likely to fluctuate due to the ulceration and decaying of the tumor invading the lower end of the common bile duct.

Third: gastrointestinal symptoms, the most common for loss of appetite, followed by nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or constipation or even black stool, diarrhea is often fat diarrhea. Anorexia is related to the obstruction of the lower end of the common bile duct and pancreatic duct by tumor, and the inability of bile and pancreatic juice to enter the duodenum. Obstructive chronic pancreatitis of the pancreas leads to poor pancreatic exocrine function, which will inevitably affect appetite.

matters needing attention

The above is about some symptoms of pancreatic cancer. We need to have some basic understanding of this knowledge, so that we can have a basic judgment. If we have similar symptoms, we can pay attention to them.