Symptoms of pancreatic cell tumors

The human body is actually a relatively sophisticated whole, and each organ can play its own role. Deep in the abdomen of the body is a small and inconspicuous organ called the pancreas. Although it is small, its function cannot be underestimated, because the digestive enzymes in the pancreatic juice secreted by the pancreas play a leading role in the digestion of the human body. Therefore, once a problem occurs, the impact on the body is still quite large. For example, pancreatic cell tumors. Let's talk about the symptoms of pancreatic cell tumors in detail.

Tumors of pancreatic islet cell tumor are also called islet cell adenoma.

A tumor that develops in the pancreatic islet cells.

Pancreatic islet cell tumors are divided into two categories: functional and nonfunctional. Functional islet cell tumors are mainly insulinomas, which are formed by β cells and are rare in clinical practice. According to foreign statistics, the incidence rate is (3~4)/million.

Therefore, patients often experience symptoms of insulin shock when they are fasting, especially before breakfast or after strenuous work, such as fatigue, confusion, and even delirium, convulsions, and coma. When the disease occurs, blood sugar is often below 50 mg. If glucose solution is taken orally or intravenously immediately, the above symptoms will disappear quickly. However, such patients often develop obesity due to multiple meals and oral sugars to prevent the occurrence of hypoglycemia.

The diet of pancreatic cancer patients should be reasonably matched, and attention should be paid to the ratio of carbohydrates, fats and proteins. Carbohydrates should be the main food, and the amount of fat and protein should be appropriate. Protein that is easy to digest and absorb should be eaten, such as lean meat, eggs and fish. Reasonable cooking methods should be used, such as boiling, stewing, simmering, steaming, sautéing, and blanching. Do not use frying, deep-frying, stir-frying, etc. to prevent excessive pancreatic secretion due to excessive oil in food.

The main treatment is surgical resection of the tumor. If no tumor is found during surgical exploration or the tumor has metastasized, drug treatment can be used, such as cimetidine for gastrinoma, thiadiazine for insulinoma, somatostatin (SMS-201 995) for glucagonoma, and doxorubicin for somatostatinoma. 5-Fluorouracil, dacarbazine, or streptozotocin may also be used in the treatment of islet cell tumors.