Pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer is a rare disease.
Symptoms of pancreatic cancer
The
symptom often do not appear until the disease is in advance stage. When
pancreatic cancer symptoms do appear, they can be non-specific, such as
stomach pain and weight loss.
The pancreas is located behind the stomach, lever, spleen, gallbladder
and small intestine. cancer has generally grown outside the pancreas.
symptoms are
1-weight loss jaundice ,
2-yellow skin
3- fat in the stool,
with or without abdominal pain.
It usually occurs on the upper abdomen
and may even radiate to the back.
Abdominal pain
Abdominal
pain may worsen when lying down . It causes belly pain and weight loss.
losing weight indicate something is wrong and it is a common symptom of
pancreatic cancer and is one of the first symptoms experienced along
with abdominal pain.
vomiting
vomiting
is another symptom of pancreatic cancer,loss of appetite can signal
some thing serve or even be related to some thing as small as a stomach
virus.
Itchy skin
Itchy
skin is a less common symptom of it but when coupled with another
symptom like abdominal pain or jaundice, it can be significant in making
more accurate diagnoses.
Change in stool and urine color
Change
in stool and urine color is another symptom of pancreatic cancer.It
reduces the pancreas ability to secret fat-digesting enzymes.So there is
more fattens up in the stool .These fatty stools can be strange,
smelling and float more than normal.
Causes of pancreatic cancer
It
occurs when in increased level of bilirubin is in the blood and when a
tumor completely or partially blocks bile ducts , slowing the flow of
bile.
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