Fatigue & Depression
Fatigue is regarded as an initial sign for pancreatic cancer, establishing even before a diagnosis occurs. Earlier or later, most of the patients of a pancreatic cancer regard fatigue a major symptom. Normally described in the form of normal energy levels’ loss and even in the form of affecting the mental processes, the fatigue in pancreatic cancer is debilitating. The fatigue causes under such circumstances are very large which includes many other causes directly linked with pancreatic cancer such as anemia, depression or anxiety, sleeplessness (possibly because of pain or other reasons) dehydration, infection and electrolyte disturbance etc.
Researches have shown that depression is from one of the most common symptoms of underlying all types of cancers. Depression can also develop before a diagnosis of cancer. It is thought that several biochemical changes within the body are linked with primary causes of cancer against the reactions to learning regarding the disease. In review studies of 2017, it is stated that the depression before a diagnosis of a pancreatic cancer is seen more common as compared to all other cancers.
