Skin itching symptoms of pancreatic cancer

The early symptoms of pancreatic cancer are the early signs of pancreatic cancer. If timely treatment is carried out according to the early symptoms of pancreatic cancer at this time, it will be of great help for the recovery of the disease. The following treatment experts recommend some early symptoms of pancreatic cancer for everyone. Everyone should refer to these early symptoms of pancreatic cancer for treatment in daily life, which is of great help for physical health care and disease treatment.

1. Early symptoms of pancreatic cancer: abdominal pain

It is more common in pancreatic body and tail cancer, located in the upper abdomen, around the umbilicus or right upper abdomen, with the nature of colic, paroxysmal or persistent, progressively worsening dull pain, mostly radiating to the waist and back, aggravated in the supine position and at night, and the pain can be relieved when sitting, standing, leaning forward or walking.

2. Early symptoms of pancreatic cancer: jaundice

Jaundice is common in pancreatic head cancer and occurs early. Jaundice is usually absent when the tumor is limited to the body and tail. Jaundice is usually obstructive and progressively deepens, accompanied by skin itching, urine color like strong tea, and clay-colored stool. Most cases are caused by pancreatic head cancer compressing the common bile duct, and a few cases are caused by pancreatic body and tail cancer metastasizing to the liver or hepatic/common bile duct lymph nodes.

3. In the late stage of pancreatic cancer, it is often accompanied by malignant tumors. The causes of weight loss in the early stage of pancreatic cancer include consumption by cancer, loss of appetite, anxiety, insomnia, digestion and absorption disorders, etc.

4. It may be accompanied by gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea, constipation, abdominal distension, nausea, etc. Some cases may have steatorrhea, high blood sugar, and diabetes. People who don’t like fatty dishes may also have fatty diarrhea, which is an early symptom of pancreatic cancer. This is a diarrhea symptom in which fat is not digested but mixed with feces and excreted.

5. Fever may occur due to ulceration or infection of the tumor or secondary bile duct infection.

6. Tail cancer may cause thrombophlebitis of the limb veins, an early symptom of pancreatic cancer, resulting in local limb edema.

7. Typical cases include weight loss, jaundice, and upper abdominal tenderness. In the late stage, a nodular, hard mass can be felt in the upper abdomen. If jaundice is accompanied by an enlarged gallbladder, it is an important evidence of pancreatic head cancer. The early symptoms of pancreatic cancer are often accompanied by an enlarged liver due to bile stasis. If the tumor compresses the splenic vein or splenic vein thrombosis occurs, an enlarged spleen can be felt.

8. Advanced cases of pancreatic cancer may present with ascites, an early symptom of pancreatic cancer, and hard and enlarged metastatic lymph nodes may be palpated in the left supraclavicular or anterior rectal fossa.

When the early symptoms of pancreatic cancer appear, everyone should pay attention to whether the condition worsens, which is beneficial to the treatment of pancreatic cancer. The early symptoms of pancreatic cancer recommended above are of great reference value for physical health care and disease conditioning.