PÁNCREAS CANCER

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	PÁNCREAS CANCER
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PÁNCREAS CANCER

Cancer of páncreas

Uncontrolled growth of cells you vitiate in the páncreas. In the U.S.A. cause of death by cancer is 4ª.

The páncreas, an organ located to the part of back of the superior abdomen. The páncreas produce intestinal enzymes for the digestion of foods, and insulin to control the sugar in the blood.

Plus the men who the women, between 35 and 70 years.

Causes

Strangers.

Signs and symptoms

Depression.

Fast loss of weight, without apparent reason.

Pain behind the superior abdomen, that often calms when inclining forwards.

Clots of blood anywhere of the body, specially arms and legs. Often it is a precocious symptom.

Ictericia (yellow skin and eyes) by the blockade of the biliary conduits. Often the ictericia is accompanied by picores forts.

Factors of risk

Chronic Pancreatitis.

Diabetes mellitus.

Genetic factors.

This is commonest to the black than to the targets.

Tobacco.

Excessive alcohol consumption.

Geographic location.

The incidence is greater in Israel, the EE.UU.A. Sweden and Canada.

Bad feeding, specially the high fat diets, proteins and foods process with great amount of additives.

Exhibition to industrial chemical substances, like the urea, the naftalina or the benzedrina.

Prevention

It is not possible to be come up. In order to reduce the risk:

It does not smoke.

It does not drink more than 1 to 2 spirits to the day.

Comma more chicken, fish, fresh fruits and vegetables and less red meat, foods process or any fat.

Avoid the exhibition to injurious chemical substances.

Diagnosis and treatment

Sanitary precautions

Medical treatment.

Psycotherapy or advising to help him to live with a incurable disease.

Chemotherapy and/or therapy of radiation.

Surgery stops:

To extirpate the tumor, when he is small.

To mitigate any pressure in the biliary conduits.

To mitigate or to avoid obstructions in vejiga.

General measures

There are specific instructions except for already no mentioned above.

Medication

His doctor can prescribe to him:

Antibiotics for the infections.

Analgesic.

Anticancerous drugs.

Pancreáticas enzymes to replace which the páncreas no longer can produce.

Sedatives for the dream.

Activity

As active Manténgase as can.

Diet

There is no special diet.

Systems of diagnosticos

Observation of the symptoms.

File and physical examination by a doctor.

Chemical analyses of the blood of the páncreas, liver and biliary vesicle and sugar tests in the blood.

Biopsy of the liver by punción.

Abdominal exploratory surgery (laparotomía).

X-rayses of the abdomen, liver, biliary vesicle and blood vessels (angiography).

Ultrasonografía the páncreas.

TAC of the páncreas.

Complications

Hemorrhage in tracto intestinal.

Infections in the páncreas.

Abdominal extension of the cancer to the liver, other organs and lungs.

Prognosis

This disease considers incurable. There are few possibilities of survival beyond 1 or 2 years, although the symptoms can be alleviated or be controlled.

They continue the scientific researches of the causes and the treatment, and there are hopes to find treatment and they cure.

To call to the doctor if

It happens the following thing during the treatment:

Fever and headache.

Muscular pain and fatigue.

Nauseas and vomits.

Acute abdominal pain and inflammation.

Black depositions, tarred.

New symptoms arise inexplicable. The medication used in the treatment can produce indirect effect.

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