A patient was suffering from itching and her doctor eventually discovered that it was a symptom of pancreatic cancer.
- A patient was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer after visiting her doctor for itching.
- In addition to the itching, she had light-colored stools and dark urine.
- Pancreatic cancer is a cancer with a poor prognosis.
“I thought the doctor was going to think I was crazy for coming [consulter] for itching”, explains Barbara Green to the media Today. On the contrary, he prescribed tests for her to do and the diagnosis was made…
Symptoms of pancreatic cancer: itching, light stools, dark urine
This 79-year-old patient actually had very advanced stage 4 pancreatic cancer, which means that it had spread to other parts of the body. his doctor therefore told him that he only had eight to eleven months to live.
“The jaundice and itching are explained by the fact that when the tumor is located in the head of the pancreas, it compresses the duct which evacuates the bile and hinders its passage towards the intestine, can we read on the website of the Vidal. Bile accumulates and the patient has yellowish eyes and complexion, his stools are pale and his urine dark, and he scratches all over his body.” According to the media Today, Barbara Green also had light-colored stools and dark urine.
Other symptoms of pancreatic cancer
Other symptoms of this cancer are stomach aches, especially at night and when lying down, back pain, severe fatigue, massive and rapid weight loss, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting or still a permanent feeling of full stomach.
According to overview of cancers 2022 edition, pancreatic cancer remains with a poor prognosis. Between 2010 and 2015, the 5-year survival rate for those diagnosed was only 11%. But Barbara Green seems to have been lucky. The chemotherapy treatment is working, his cancer and his tumor have shrunk.
“I don’t know how long I could live. …I don’t think doctors really know either”, she concludes.
