Header Ads

Diabetes increases the risk of pancreatic cancer

(SKGD) Often people with pancreatic cancer are diagnosed with diabetes 1-2 years before the discovery of a cancerous tumor. Most patients do not survive more than two years after being diagnosed.



The pancreas is both an exocrine gland and endocrine gland, located just below the stomach and shaped like a pear. Exocrine part of the pancreas secretes digestive enzymes are macromolecules decomposing food in the small intestine. The endocrine part of the pancreas to secrete insulin and other hormones that control blood sugar and metabolism of nutrients.

The biggest factors increase the risk of pancreatic cancer is smoking. Other risk factors for pancreatic cancer are male, age, genetics, diabetes, chronic pancreatitis, obesity and possibly alcoholism.

Whether you sicker?

Some of these signs help you know if you have pancreatic cancer or not:

Scientists at the Center for Cancer Research of the US has come to the conclusion on the following study lasted three years on more than 2,000 patients diabetes over age 50: people with diabetes more prone to liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, endometrial cancer than 2 times compared to normal people. They also increase the likelihood of colorectal cancer, breast cancer, bladder cancer than non-diabetes from 20-50%.

- Patients may initially lose weight suddenly. However, not as many people think, this is not a sure sign that the disease has spread to liver cancer. This phenomenon can occur because of patients with pancreatic enzyme deficiency, causing fat passes through the body without being absorbed. This symptom is caused by bleeding in the intestine forming side.

- Patients with pancreatic cancer often this pain torment. It kept gnawing, torturing the patient slowly and not spontaneous. Especially, the pain radiating from behind the people and will disappear when you leaned forward.

- In addition, pancreatic cancer patients can also go outside the pale-colored stool. This happens due to pancreatic tumors prevents digestive enzymes to the intestines, causing the body cannot digest foods high in fat. According to doctors, this is an early sign of interest, but it is often overlooked.

If you feel you have 2 or 3 ominous sign on, go immediately to the doctor and ask for the endoscopy. Sometimes, MRI can help detect cancer cells but this depends on their hidden location of the tumor.

Avoid sick

MA. BS. Diep Thi Thanh Binh (Vice President of Endocrinology - Diabetes Vietnam in HCMC) advice: Everyone should be periodic health examination, lung film shooting 1 time per year. For women should breast and abdominal ultrasound.

For people with diabetes braided nasty and mean way, should comply with the doctor's treatment and tests mechanical opening (tests for cancer and screening for diabetes, pancreatic cancer).

To minimize the risk of disease we should make lifestyle changes, regular exercise, eat sensibly, athletes reasonable as walking, eating reduced fat, sugar, sweetness, should eat more vegetables blue ... limit processed food ...

Không có nhận xét nào

Được tạo bởi Blogger.