Pancreatic Cancer Symptoms
August 16th, 2010 | 
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Pancreas is an organ shaped like a tube sponges with length of about six inches behind the stomach contained. The pancreas produces enzymes and hormones, including insulin.
Pancreatic enzymes help digest food in the small intestine, whereas insulin to control blood sugar levels. Both enzymes and hormones needed to maintain the body in order to work properly. The most frightening disturbance that occurred in this organ is the Pancreatic Cancer.
Pancreatic cancer is known as the silent disease because in the early stages of this disease have almost no symptoms. Usually the symptoms appear when the disease becomes severe.
The pancreatic cancer symptoms are:
- severe pain in the upper abdomen that may spread to the back of the middle or above, may appear similar to symptoms such as heartburn.
- Yellow skin and eyes (jaundice). In addition, the color of urine will be dark brown. Jaundice occurs because the tumors in the pancreas close the roads of bilirubin into bile. Bilirubin can not go into the bile, eventually spread throughout the body; this is what causes the color of your skin and eyes become yellow.
- Itching. At an advanced stage pancreatic cancer, will arise a great itch for high levels of bile acids accumulate on your skin.
- Nausea and vomiting. In patients who had terminal pancreatic cancer, tumors will prevent the digestive system, usually the top of your duodenum, causing nausea and vomiting.
- Loss of appetite and body weight to drop dramatically in a short time.
Pancreatic cancer is very frightening. Therefore, It is very important to maintain the health of our pancreas with a healthy lifestyle and exercise regularly.
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