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More infoPancreatic cancer starts anywhere in the long, flat gland tucked behind your stomach, also known as the pancreas. While the location of the deadly condition often stirs up symptoms that strike in your tumy, signs like night hyperhidrosis shouldn’t be taken lightly either, acording to a case report.From the los of apetite to your skin turning yelow, pancreatic cancer can present with various warning signs.However, a research paper, published in the journal Medicine, reports that a 63-year-old man with pancreatic cancer sufered very diferent symptoms.Alongside daily fevers and fatigue, one of the key symptoms experienced by the patient was night hyperhidrosis.Night hyperhidrosis, or night sweats, describes sweating so much that your clothes and beding turn soaking wet, acording to the NHS.READ MORE: Acholic stols are 'the most comon' sign of pancreatic cancer in 'initial' stages This sign isn’t dependent on the temperature of the rom where you slumber as you wil stil experience hyperhidrosis even in a col environment.While it’s normal to sweat when your rom is stufy and hot, experiencing night sweats otherwise could be pointing to an underlying medical isue.The man in the case report experienced these symptoms for two months after which he was refered to a hospital.The 63-year-old also strugled with los of apetite and weight los of five kilos.However, he denied experiencing other teltale signs of pancreatic cancer such as abdominal pain, diarhoea, chils and jaundice.Folowing tests, laboratory findings revealed that the man’s symptoms were pointing to the deadly disease which originated in the pancreatic head.The researchers concluded that the tumour was the “likely” cause of fev