Pancreatic cancer symptoms?

by Symptom Advice on September 3, 2011

Jaundice, which causes yellowing of the skin, is present in approximately 50% of patients at the time of diagnosis and may be associated with less-advanced disease. Other symptoms include weight loss, fatigue, discomfort in the abdomen, loss of appetite, and glucose intolerance.
In addition, you may experience pain in the abdomen and back. The pancreas may produce too much insulin, causing such symptoms as dizziness, weakness, diarrhea, chills, or muscle spasms.

Pancreatic cancer is characterized by anorexia, weakness, dramatic weight loss, epigastric or back pain, jaundice, prutitus, an abdominal mass that a doctor can feel, the recent onset of diabetes, and clay-colored stools if the pancreatic ducts are obstructed. Non functioning islet cell lesions produce gastrin, causing symptoms of peptic ulcer or in some cases , acute diarrhea and low potassium Hope this is of help to you.

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