Irregular meals, tobacco and alcohol do not leave the body, coffee strong tea as water to drink, either do not eat or eat support... These bad living habits have led to many office workers at present have small problems with "stomach pain".
When encountering stomach pain, many people's first reaction is to take stomach medicine. However, there are some "stomach pains" and taking medicine is ineffective. Because they are not really "stomach" pain, but pancreatic cancer disguised.
Pancreatic cancer, a dangerous molecule hiding in the abdomen, can take life in a short period of time once it develops. Some netizens have shared their father's experience with pancreatic cancer, from diagnosis to death in less than 2 months.
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How dangerous is pancreatic cancer? Why is it late when it is discovered? Today, Xiaobian will talk to you about the disease of pancreatic cancer and teach you some scientific ways to prevent cancer.
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"Cancer King": Pancreatic cancer
In the medical world, pancreatic cancer has a daunting name - "the king of cancer".
Pancreatic cancer is known as the "king of cancer", not a waste of time. American writer Edgar Snow, "Man Ghost Love" male protagonist Patrick, singer Pavarotti, former Vice Premier of the State Council Huang Ju, nine-dan player Chen Zude and other well-known figures, despite their fame and superior medical conditions, in the end they have not been able to find life from the clutches of pancreatic cancer.
1. Why is pancreatic cancer known as the "king of cancer"?
There are three main reasons for this:
- Difficult to detect early
There are no obvious symptoms in the early stages of pancreatic cancer, the lump cannot be directly touched, and there is no simple screening method.
This leads to pancreatic cancer, which is generally found to be advanced and metastasized at the time of basic diagnosis. Patients with surgery for pancreatic cancer survive longer, but unfortunately, the proportion of such early patients is only about 15%.
- Mortality is higher
Although there are more pancreatic cancer treatment methods at present, due to the high degree of malignancy of the disease, the overall efficacy is not so satisfactory, the overall 5-year survival rate is less than 5%, the median survival is less than 20 months, and if metastasis occurs, the survival period is less than half a year. Such a poor prognosis has made pancreatic cancer listed by the international medical community as a "stubborn barrier in the 21st century".
Since most of the clinically confirmed patients belong to the advanced stage of the tumor, the surgical resection rate is low, and the survival rate of 5 years after surgery is less than 20%.
- There is no effective treatment
The treatment methods of pancreatic cancer are relatively diverse, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, interventional therapy, etc., but behind the variety of treatment methods, it also cruelly shows that the efficacy of a single treatment method is not good.
The most effective way to treat genetically mutant tumors is to take targeted drugs. Unfortunately, the current targeted drugs for KRAS have not yet been successfully developed.
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These symptoms are the "wake-up call" of pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer is a good "pretender", and if we want to pull it out in time, we must learn to identify it. Early manifestations are dominated by gastrointestinal symptoms, such as repeated epigastric discomfort, distention, soreness, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or constipation.
Coupled with the lack of specificity of early laboratory tests, it is difficult to find conventional X-ray examinations, so the early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer is very difficult and can easily be misdiagnosed as "stomach disease".
Therefore, you need to be especially vigilant when you find the following three red flags!
1. Upper abdominal discomfort and pain
60% of pancreatic cancer patients have some initial symptoms, clinical diagnosis is manifested as epigastric pain and inexplicable discomfort, stuffiness, light and heavy, sometimes absent, usually more obvious at night, pain can be involved in the upper chest, back, sitting body bent forward or knees bent forward, the pain can be reduced.
2. Poor appetite and emaciation
Studies have shown that lack of appetite, nausea and vomiting, changes in stool habits, and wasting are the four early symptoms of pancreatic tail cancer. Poor appetite is presented in 10% of patients, and some patients have wasting as the first symptom. In fact, this is no longer an early sign.
3. The yellowing of the eyes and skin is obvious, which is not necessarily a bad liver
When the pancreas is diseased, the volume of its glands will continue to increase, and if it increases to a certain extent, it will compress the common bile duct, resulting in obstruction of bile outflow and bile return to the blood, so that bilirubin in the blood is elevated, causing obstructive jaundice.
If a person suffers from jaundice, the most direct external manifestation is that the eyes and skin will be yellow, and the degree of yellowing is obvious.
In addition, when the body has unexplained blood sugar fluctuations, in addition to considering diabetes, it is also necessary to be vigilant against the occurrence of pancreatic cancer. Especially people who have no family history of diabetes but suddenly develop diabetes, it is best to go to the hospital to check the pancreas to see if there is any problem.
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Stay away from pancreatic cancer, it is important to do so
First of all, we need to pay attention to the high-risk groups of pancreatic cancer:
- Over 40 years of age, with a wide range of epigastric discomfort, and it is difficult to accurately describe the location and nature of the discomfort;
- Have a family history of pancreatic cancer;
- There is a history of chronic pancreatitis;
- Long-term smoking, drinking alcohol or exposure to harmful chemicals;
- Sudden onset of diabetes or sudden exacerbation of pre-existing diabetic symptoms;
- Abdominal or back pain with multiple venous thrombosis.
Pancreatic cancer does not come to the door for no reason, and most of those who are entangled with it have bad habits.
Do 4 details to prevent pancreatic cancer
If you want to maintain the pancreas and reduce the chance of pancreatic cancer, you can start from these 3 points:
1. The law of life
The normal work and rest rules are disrupted, and the body's resistance ability decreases, affecting the normal secretion and work and rest rules of the body's organs.
These are all important factors that induce pancreatic cancer, so no matter what the situation, people should maintain a regular schedule for entertainment, so that the body's organ function remains normal and away from pancreatic cancer.
2. Get rid of bad habits
In daily life, smoking, drinking alcohol is very harmful to the body itself, for pancreatic cancer, acidic substances in tobacco are more important predisposing factors, so quitting smoking and alcohol as soon as possible can prevent the occurrence of diseases.
3. It is forbidden to eat contaminated food
The diet in daily life needs to attract everyone's attention, for example, the food on the roadside stalls is often contaminated by dust on the road, and should be avoided as much as possible.
In addition, people should also prohibit the intake of some foods suspected of pesticides or other toxic substances residues, so as not to cause gastrointestinal discomfort and increase the burden on the pancreas. You should choose to consume some nutritious and clean green foods, such as fresh vegetables, melons and fruits, which can effectively prevent the occurrence of diseases.
4. Good attitude, combination of work and leisure
With the rapid pace of life, many people are under too much pressure in work and study, resulting in a decline in the body's immunity, an imbalance in pancreatic secretion, and an uncoordinated metabolic level in the body, which are all factors that cause pancreatic cancer. So maintaining a good mindset, regulating emotions, and proper physical activity are the recipe for preventing pancreatic cancer from occurring.
Curing cancer has always been a big problem in the medical community. Compared with after-the-fact remediation, we can reduce the risk of cancer by doing a good job of pre-prevention. I hope that everyone can develop a good lifestyle and not give bad habits the opportunity to "raise" cancer cells.
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