Most doctor when diagnosis of pancreatic cancer there will do a complete physical examination including lab tests. In addition the doctor will check the patients temperature, blood pressure and pulse. Doctors will usually has their patients blood profile, urine and stool tests. Most patients will ask to drink barium solution before their go for x-rays. Besides the doctor will ask the patient personal history and their family medical history.
Most pancreatic cancer are slow to show symptoms at the early stage and when the symptoms is notice it has spreads to others parts of the body. Symptoms of pancreatic cancer are severe abdominal pain, loss of appetite for food, fever, nausea, fatigue and dark yellow color in urine. Pancreatic cancer tent to develop cancer of the pancreas more times than non smokers. Heavy alcoholism drinkers also develop more times than the non alcohol. Chronic pancreatic cancer is often associated with alcoholism.
Monday, December 29, 2008
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