Everything about Neuroendocrine Tumour.:A rare disease Irrfan Khan is suffering from.
Amid a lot of speculation and confusion finally, our be loved Bollywood star Irrfan Khan has revealed that he is suffering from neuroendocrine tumor.
Yesterday he tweeted to his fan and cleared the confusion that he is actually suffering from neuroendocrine tumor .
In first instance, neuroendocrine tumour sounds to be a problem or a disease related to our brain but it is not so.
Neuroendocrine is and completely different kind of disease not related to brain.
What is neuroendocrine tumor?
Our body consists of lots of neuroendocrine cells it is present in almost all organ the tumor of neuroendocrine cell is called as neuroendocrine tumor.
Neuroendocrine cell.
Neuroendocrine word is a combination of two word neuro and endocrine.
Neuro means Nerve cells or neurones.
Endocrine means hormonal cells that releases hormones
So neuroendocrine cell is actually a neurone type of nerve type of cells which also releases hormones in our body
It is almost present in all of the organ of our body but it is mainly present on gastrointestinal tract which includes stomach colon small intestine large intestine respiratory tract which includes bronchi and lungs.
Function of neuroendocrine cells.
Neuroendocrine cells receives signal or from our brain and accordingly acts buy secreting hormones in our blood.
So whenever there is a changes in our body our brain sense signals to neuroendocrine cells and neuroendocrine cells after receiving it response to it and accordingly releases the hormones as per the need of the body.
Functions of the neuroendocrine cells.
As neuroendocrine cells releases hormones these hormones acts vital role in controlling of the various system of our body
They control our digestive system By release of digestive enzymes also controls the movement of food by controlling the peristalsis
They control our blood pressure
It also controls our sexual behaviour like release of sperm and ovaries ovarian cycle
They control the release of growth hormone which helps our body to grow
Symptoms of neuroendocrine tumor
Symptoms of neuroendocrine tumor depends upon which of the organ is affected if it is gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumor then the common symptoms would be
Abdominal pain and discomfort
Diarrhoea
Nausea and vomiting
In digestion and constipation
Symptoms of lung neuroendocrine tumor
Difficulty in breathing
Continuously coughing.
Sometimes the cough is accompanied by coughing up of blood
Loss of stamina and feeling of fatigue very soon.
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