Al-Marsad newspaper: Health experts explained that pain is among the most prominent symptoms of pancreatic cancer, as figures indicate that 50% reported this symptom.
Doctors advised to pay attention to 5 prominent symptoms that they believe may be early indicators of pancreatic cancer, noting the first of these symptoms that warn of pancreatic cancer is pain in the abdominal area, and this disturbing feeling may extend to the back.
The second symptom is the feeling of great pain in the back, and this usually occurs following the disease worsens, and the doctors have explained that the feeling of back pain is caused by the mass on the head of the pancreas attacking the nerves behind the organ responsible for secreting the hormone insulin, according to “Sky News Arabia.” “.
The third symptom is feeling nauseous and then vomiting following eating, this may be an indication of a cancerous tumor, and the change is accompanied by a loss of appetite and significant weight loss.
Doctors pointed out that every person with diabetes is a person more likely than others to develop pancreatic cancer. The fifth symptom was feeling itchy skin with jaundice or yellowing, and the reason is that the tumor leads to restricting the flow of a substance secreted by the liver called “bile” from the gallbladder into the intestinal canal, which affects the digestive process.