Can You Spot The Pancreatic Cancer Symptoms
Do you know the Pancreatic Cancer symptom early enough if you are suffering from Pancreatic Cancer? Understand the early cancer symptoms may mean the difference between life and death.
Early symptoms can be:
- Weight losses
People who suffer from pancreatic cancer may have lost a lot of body weight (at least 10% of their total body weight) for no apparent reason at all.This symptom is more common in cancers at the head of pancrea.
- Pain in the area of stomach
About 7 out of 10 people suffer from pancreatic cancer first go to their doctors because they experience pain. Pain is more common in cancers of the body and tail of the pancreas. People often describe it as a dull pain that feels as if it is boring into you.It can start in the stomach and gradually spread to the back.Lying down will worsen the pain and is better if you sit forward.It can get quite bad after meal. Your abdomen may also be generally tender or painful if your liver, pancreas or gall bladder are inflamed or enlarged.
- Jaundice
About half of the people who visit the doctors suffer from jaundice.Jaundice refers to the skin yellowing.The bowel may turn lighter and urine darker.Jaundice is much more common with cancer of the head of the pancreas because the tumour blocks the bile duct from functioning properly.This tube carries the bile juice into the duodenum.If the bile duct is blocked, the bile will end up in the bloodstream. Bile contains a lot of yellow pigments so it turns the skin yellow in the process. Jaundice is a common symptom of many liver and gall bladder diseases.It is much easier to spot the white in the eye than the skin.
So start to be more aware of the various symptoms. It may just save your life.