Tag: Pancreatic cancer

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If the blood sugar is newly found to be elevated and the treatment effect is not very good, don’t forget to have a pancreatic CT.

Retired teacher Mr. Chen has always been in good health, but a physical examination six months ago found that his blood sugar was high. The doctor advised him to take some hypoglycemic drugs to control his blood sugar. After taking the medicine for a period of time, Mr. Chen’s blood sugar is still not well controlled. Fasting blood sugar is often above 10 mol/L, and sometimes it can reach 16 or 17 mmol/L after meals. He does not pay too much attention. Knowing that in the last half month, Mr. Chen felt that his upper abdomen often felt a little distended and painful, his back also felt uncomfortable, and his appetite was not as good as before, so he remembered Read More …

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[Red Meat] Carcinogenic, Don’t Be Greedy!

Tick-tock, tick-tock… When the second hand on the dial passes 10 scales, one person has been diagnosed with cancer in China. According to the 2012 Annual Report of China’s Cancer Registry released by the National Cancer Registry not long ago, Every year, there are about 3.12 million new tumor cases in our country, with an average of 8,550 people recruited every day. Investigate its reason, the high incidence of cancer is closely related to people’s bad eating habits, and eating a large amount of red meat is one of them, so we should do it how, so as to minimize the risk while leaving fragrance on cheeks and teeth? First of all, let’s understand that what is red meat. In Read More …

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Does the rise of tumor markers necessarily represent a tumor?

With the popularization of health examination, tumor markers begin to enter the public’s eyes. When we get the report and find one or several tumor markers rising, we will often be shocked and wonder if we have a tumor. How high is the tumor marker? Usually, tumor markers used for blood tests in hospitals are mainly aimed at tumors such as liver cancer, prostate cancer, intestinal cancer and lung cancer. The increase of tumor markers is divided into two levels: If it slightly exceeds the normal value, it is generally considered as [slightly elevated]; What doctors often call a significant rise is a [meaningful] rise. The following table lists the items of tumor markers commonly used in health examination, the Read More …