What are the symptoms of pancreatic tumor? Anorexia, indigestion

Pancreatic tumors are malignant tumors that are prone to occur in the elderly. If the disease is not discovered early, the mortality rate is very high. Therefore, it is very necessary for people to have annual cancer prevention examinations, so that the deterioration of the disease can be controlled early, so that patients can also suffer less damage from the disease. Therefore, you must not be careless when you feel unwell and need to go to a regular hospital for examination.

What are the symptoms of pancreatic tumors? Pancreatic tumors are more likely to occur in the elderly, but rarely in young people. In the United States, pancreatic tumors are the fourth leading cause of cancer death. What are the common symptoms of pancreatic tumors in the early stages? Since most patients are already in the advanced stages of the disease when they are first diagnosed and cannot receive radical surgery, their 5-year survival rate is only about 1% to 4%.

What are the symptoms of pancreatic tumors?

1. Anorexia, indigestion and weight loss are one of the main early symptoms of pancreatic tumors. Anorexia, indigestion and weight loss account for about 10% of the early symptoms of pancreatic tumors. Some experts believe that decreased appetite, nausea and vomiting, changes in bowel habits and weight loss are the four major early symptoms of pancreatic body and tail cancer, which can be used as a basis for early warning of pancreatic tumors.

2. Upper abdominal discomfort and pain are also one of the early symptoms of pancreatic tumors. It is specifically manifested as upper abdominal pain and unclear discomfort, stuffiness, sometimes light, sometimes heavy, sometimes absent, and usually more obvious at night. The discomfort is deep, wide, and vague in nature. Patients are not easy to explain it clearly, and there is a progressive aggravation phenomenon. It gradually turns into dull pain, bloating, and back pain. The abdominal pain of pancreatic head cancer is biased towards the right upper abdomen, and the pain of pancreatic body and tail cancer is biased towards the left upper abdomen. A few people may have pain around the umbilicus. There may be abdominal and back pain in the later stage. And the pain is often related to the body position. It is aggravated when lying on your back, and relieved when sitting, bending over, lying on your side, and bending your knees.

3. Unexplained jaundice may be one of the early symptoms of pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Obstructive jaundice is the most prominent symptom of pancreatic head cancer, while the early pancreatic body and tail may not have jaundice. Jaundice is usually persistent and progressive, and most patients may have itchy skin due to obstructive jaundice, resulting in scratches all over the body. The above symptoms can also occur in hepatitis or biliary diseases, so it is not uncommon for early pancreatic adenocarcinoma to be misdiagnosed as hepatitis, cholecystitis, or cholelithiasis.

The mortality rate caused by pancreatic tumors is very high, but if timely treatment is given, it can be very helpful in controlling the condition of pancreatic tumors and improving the lives of pancreatic tumor patients.