How to correctly understand pancreatic cancer

The early symptoms of pancreatic cancer are difficult to detect. Therefore, in our daily lives, many patients miss the best time for treatment and delay the treatment of the disease because they do not have a correct understanding of the early symptoms of pancreatic cancer. Therefore, it is necessary to understand some of the early symptoms of pancreatic cancer.

1. Abdominal discomfort or pain. About half of the patients have abdominal pain as the first symptom. About 20% of the patients have abdominal pain that radiates to the back and left shoulder. The pain is aggravated when lying on the back, and relieved when sitting, bending over, lying on the side, or bending the knees.
2. Jaundice, manifested as yellowing of the skin and sclera. The above symptoms may also occur in hepatitis or biliary tract diseases, so it is not uncommon for early pancreatic cancer to be misdiagnosed as hepatitis, cholecystitis, or cholelithiasis.
3. Anorexia, indigestion and weight loss;
4. The symptoms of pancreatic tail cancer are relatively hidden, and pain is rare. In addition to the general weight loss, fatigue, loss of appetite, and indigestion, it sometimes manifests as an abdominal mass, which can easily be misdiagnosed as a left kidney disease.