1, 2, 4. When carcinoid tumors start to spread or metastasize, they can start producing excesshormones that can lead to these sudden and severe symptoms. In many cases, patients arediagnosed after these symptoms start to develop. 4,5. The Symptoms of Carcinoid SyndromeHDI W...
Carcinoid tumors: These tumors make serotonin or its precursor, 5-HTP, and may causecarcinoid syndromewith symptoms of flushing of the skin, diarrhea, wheezing, and a rapidheartrate that occurs episodically; eventually, aheart murmur, shortness of breath, and weakness develop due to damage to t...
It may lower your risk of breast cancer, but raises the risk of cancer of the small intestine (a rare type of cancer), carcinoid tumors (a rare, slow-growing type of cancer that can occur in the digestive tract), and gastrointestinal stromal tumors (another rare form of cancer). It's...