I-pancreas itholakala esiswini, ngemuva kwesisu esingaphansi. Amanyikwe akhipha ama-enzyme asiza umzimba ukuba ugaye ukudla, aphinde akhiphe amahomoni asiza umzimba ukuba ulawule ushukela osegazini. Ngokusho kwe-Harvard Health, cishe ama-70% omdlavuza we-pancreatic aqala ekugcineni kwe-pancreas. I-gallbladder kanye nemigudu yokuphuma kwesibindi-umgudu ovamile we-bile ungase uvinjwe isimila. Ngakho-ke, imfucumfucu ye-bilirubin ayinandawo yokuya futhi ingena ekusakazweni kwegazi, okubuye kubangele umdlavuza we-pancreatic.
Umdlavuza wepancreatic ungenye yezinhlobo zomdlavuza ezibulala kakhulu futhi ezinolaka. Ngokusho kweHarvard Health, bangu-16% kuphela abantu abatholwe benomdlavuza we-pancreatic abasinda eminyakeni engaphezu kwemihlanu ngemuva kokuxilongwa. Uma umdlavuza usakazekela kwezinye izitho, ithuba lokusinda iminyaka emihlanu lehla laya ku-2%. Umdlavuza wepancreatic njengamanje uyimbangela yesithathu yokufa kwabantu e-United States. Kubikezelwa ukuthi ngo-2030, kuzoba imbangela yesibili yokufa kwabantu e-United States.
Uma kunomlando wokwelashwa komndeni, kunamalungu omndeni amabili noma ngaphezulu asondelene nomdlavuza wepancreatic, noma isiguli esitholwe sinomdlavuza wepancreatic ngaphambi kweminyaka yobudala engama-50, noma ngesifo sofuzo esihlobene nomdlavuza wepancreatic, umdlavuza wepancreatic uyathinteka Ingozi zokugula kuzoba ngaphezulu kunabantu abavamile.
Kunzima ukuthola umdlavuza we-pancreatic, okuyisizathu esibalulekile esenza lesi sifo sibulale kangaka. Ezigabeni zokuqala, ngokuvamile azikho izimpawu noma izimpawu. Nokho, njengoba lesi sifo siqhubeka, izimpawu ziqala ukuvela. Ezinye izimpawu zihlanganisa i-jaundice (isikhumba esiphuzi namehlo amhlophe), ukwehla kwesisindo ngephutha kanye namahlule egazi. Ezinye izimpawu zihlanganisa ukukhathala, ukungakuthandi ukudla, ukucindezeleka nobuhlungu besisu esingenhla, ngisho nemisebe engemuva. Ngezinye izikhathi, lesi sifo singabangela ukulunywa. IMayo Clinic ithe olunye uphawu olungase lube nesifo sikashukela. Uma isifo sikashukela sihambisana nokuncipha kwesisindo, i-jaundice noma ubuhlungu obungaphezulu besisu busakazekela emhlane, kungenzeka ukuthi sibe nomdlavuza we-pancreatic.