In the early stages of cancer is often quite vague, so people need to observe the body on a regular basis to see if there are abnormal signs but small but easy to ignore or not.Some of the signs that can be warned that cancer is difficult to treat, which are pancreatic cancer.

What is pancreas cancer?

Pancreatic cancer occurs when cells in your pancreas mutations (change) and multiply out of control, forming tumors.Your pancreas is a gland in the abdomen, between the spine and the stomach.Pancreatic glands produce hormones that control blood sugar and enzymes that support digestion.

Pancreatic cancer is difficult to diagnose because the early pancreatic tumors do not appear on image tests.When the tumor thrives may have metastasized to other organs, when metastasis of treatment opportunities is very difficult.Moreover, pancreatic cancer is also resistant to many common cancer medications, making the disease more difficult to treat.

1. 4 signs at the pancreatic cancer warning

Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or blood clots can sometimes be the first sign of pancreatic cancer.People with pancreatic cancer are at a higher risk of blood clots formed in a vein.A part of blood clots may break and move to the lungs, causing obstruction.This is called pulmonary embolism (PE), which can be very serious.And the appearance of these blood clots may appear on the leg.

Blood clots associated with pancreatic cancer can cause 4 symptoms of pain, swelling, redness and heat in the legs.If you encounter any of these signs on your legs, you should go to the hospital early.

-Leg pain: Foot pain is a symptom of many diseases, especially osteoarthritis but felt severe leg pain may be a warning sign of pancreatic cancer.

-Leg swelling: Prolonged and non -relieved leg swelling may be related to blood clots due to pancreatic cancer

-Red: Some diseases such as gout, osteoarthritis can also cause redness in the legs but often swollen red toes.But if both the feet or a place on the pain and redness, you should not be subjective.

-Feet: Hot on the leg due to pancreatic cancer can accompany the feeling of pain, redness and swelling in the leg.

Although the above 4 symptoms can warn cancer, these are also common symptoms of osteoarthritis, gout, ... Therefore, if these 4 symptoms appear, you should not worry about sliceSo, it is important that you go to the hospital for examination.

2. Some other symptoms of pancreatic cancer

In addition to 4 symptoms in the leg, some other symptoms of pancreatic cancer include:

-Tired: People with pancreatic cancer often feel lack of energy (fatigue) or body weakness is not related to physical activity.

-Jaundice: Jaundice is due to the accumulation of bilirubin, a dark yellow -brown substance created in the liver.Typically, the liver releases a liquid called bile containing bilirubin.The bile passes through the bile duct into the intestine and leaves the body in the stool.When the bile duct is clogged, the bile cannot reach the intestine and the amount of bilirubin in the body accumulates.

Cancer begins at the tip of the pancreas located near the bile duct.These types of cancer can press on the tube and cause jaundice when they are still quite small, sometimes it can lead to the detection of these tumors at an early stage.

-Dark urine, pale stool, itchy skin: All these symptoms are related to the accumulation of bilirubin.

-Lose weight and anorexia: Pancreatic cancer and other types of cancer can cause unintentional weight loss and anorexia.

-Abdominal pain or back pain: Cancer begins in the body or tail of the pancreas can grow quite large and begins to pinch into other neighboring organs, causing pain.Cancer can also spread to nerves around the pancreatic gland, often causing back pain.

-Nausea and vomiting: Patients may feel persistent nausea

-Diabetes: Pancreatic cancer can cause diabetes (high blood sugar) because the tumor destroys cells producing insulin in the pancreas.

Source: Timesofindia, Photo: Chronicle Live