Pancreas: Symptoms and Treatment

The pancreas, the symptoms of the disease of which we will discuss later in the article, plays an important role in the digestion process and is responsible for the production of enzymes. Any violations in its functioning can cause dangerous consequences, therefore, at the first signs of pathology, you should consult a doctor.

Causes

Inflammation of the pancreas - pancreatitis - can trigger the following factors:

1. Violation of the outflow of digestive juice.
2. Alcoholism. It is no secret that excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages causes irreparable harm to the body, and the pancreas receives the most damage, since it does not have the enzymes necessary for the breakdown of alcohol. That is why for most alcoholics, inflammation of the named organ is characteristic.
3. Too large a percentage of fatty foods in the diet. In this case, the pathology develops according to this scheme: the pancreas tries to produce as many enzymes as possible to break down food, but even these efforts are insufficient. As a result, due to overload, the functions of the body are violated.
4. An unbalanced diet. If the patient’s diet is dominated by ice cream, carbonated drinks and the like, pancreatitis can be expected with certainty, since they are the worst enemies of the pancreas.

But pancreatitis also occurs in the younger generation. Its causes, as a rule, are the following factors:

• trauma;
• surgical intervention, which resulted in damage to the pancreatic tissue;
• allergic to any food.

Symptoms of pancreatic inflammation

There is a fairly extensive list of symptoms indicating that the patient suffers from pancreatitis. The presence of such a disease should be judged if the patient has certain symptoms:

1. Pain is a symptom of the pancreas. Inflammation is characterized by painful sensations localized in the area of ​​the right or left hypochondrium, which are not eliminated with painkillers.
2. Absolute lack of appetite.
3. Nausea.
4. Vomiting with bile and stomach contents. Also, the disease is evidenced by frequent vomiting, which does not bring even the slightest relief.
5. Excessively high body temperature. In a patient with pancreatitis, it is able to reach thirty-nine degrees.
6. Rapid pulse. It comes to 90 beats per minute. Not necessarily, but pressure can also drop noticeably.
7. In addition to the aforementioned “signals”, frequent burps with an unpleasant odor, quite noticeably beating in the patient’s nose, cause discomfort to the patient.
8. There is also a constant profuse sweat.

The way the pancreas hurts is a symptom that needs to be described in detail by the doctor, since the nature of the pain can tell you about more serious diseases.

Diagnostics

Under the diagnosis of pancreatic inflammation is meant a set of procedures to detect the presence of a disease in a patient. As a rule, this is the prerogative of a gastroenterologist. There is a fairly extensive list of methods used by the doctor:

• General clinical blood test. This procedure is performed to check for inflammation. In the positive case, an excessive number of white blood cells or an increase in ESR will be detected in the blood.
• Blood chemistry. Its purpose is to determine the level of amylase, trypsin, lipase. All these are special enzymes produced by the stomach. If the level of enzymes is excessively high, then the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, the symptoms of which are the same as those of inflammation, can be established.
• Analysis of urine. In acute pancreatitis, impurities of one of the enzymes produced by the stomach, amylase, will be detected in the urine.
• Gastroscopy. The following procedure is performed to determine if the duodenum and stomach are involved in the inflammatory process. It is logical that with a confirmed diagnosis, such a check also will not bring a joyful result.

After diagnosis and determination of pancreatic symptoms, treatment is carried out depending on the severity of the patient's condition.

Surgical intervention

As a rule, doctors try to treat without surgical intervention, but when the pathological process goes into difficult stages, you should immediately agree to all the manipulations. Surgical intervention for inflammation of the pancreas involves a complete or partial excision of the affected area. For this, the patient must have appropriate indications:

1. Pancreatic tissue cell necrosis.
2. Stratification of affected organ cells.
3. Chronic pancreatitis, which often worsens.

It is worth noting that pancreatic surgery is a rather difficult process, since some problems may arise during its operation or during the rehabilitation period. A possible complication after surgery is bleeding during the rehabilitation period and exacerbation of any chronic diseases.

Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation after surgery can be carried out both in a hospital and at home. During the recovery period, the patient must comply with several recommendations of the doctor, for example, rest, a certain diet, sleep, etc. The therapist can prescribe a course of biological supplements and physiotherapy. Compliance with the prescriptions will allow the patient to recover successfully and return to a full life.

Drug treatment

To prescribe a course of drug therapy, a specialist looks at the symptoms of the pancreas, the type of disease, the patient's age and the presence of concomitant pathologies.

Therefore, if acute pain, nausea and vomiting occurred, the patient should not take the drugs himself. They can only be prescribed by a doctor, after conducting appropriate examinations in a hospital setting. As a first aid, the patient is advised to take "No-shpa" or "Papaverine", which are antispasmodic drugs. And only having established the severity of the disease, the patient is prescribed antibiotics, painkillers and enzyme preparations. Festal or Mezim can be drunk during remission.

The complex is to the rescue!

To cure chronic pancreatitis, the doctor uses complex treatment. The disease is considered lethargic, and diseased cells are gradually replaced by connective tissue. From this, the pancreas can produce fewer enzymes due to which food is digested.

To treat the disease, you need to follow a sparing diet. The doctor may prescribe "Maalox", which has an adsorption and enveloping property. Mezim has proven itself due to which food is better absorbed. These medicines are safe and can be taken for quite some time.

Folk remedies

Grandmother's recipes are not recognized by all experts. But you can not say that they do not benefit the patient, because their effectiveness has been proven by many generations. At home, you can prepare tinctures, the recipes of which we offer you further:

• Wormwood (2 tablespoons) is poured ½ liter of boiled water. She is left in a thermos for about an hour. This tool is well contributes to the treatment of the disease.
• Alfalfa (two teaspoons) is poured with 300 ml of boiling water. Allow to stand for thirty minutes and drink in small sips during the day. At home, the infusion is considered a good helper for the disease.
• Take a tablespoon of plantain and a glass of boiling water, brew tea. The drink helps a lot as an element of complex therapy.
• You can also treat organ inflammation with dandelions. To do this, take the root of dandelion (50 grams) and boiling water (300 ml). Brew for two hours and drink three times a day, 100 milliliters before meals.
• During an exacerbation of the disease, propolis should be taken. A decoction of fifteen drops of a solution of propolis and chamomile is very useful.
• You can also try the following remedy: garlic (300 g), parsley (300 g), chop lemons (1 kg) with a meat grinder and place in a glass container in the cold. Eat a teaspoon fifteen minutes before eating.

Prevention

For the prevention of pancreatitis, a meal regimen should be observed clearly in time. In addition, it is necessary to exclude alcohol, energy, beer, champagne, highly carbonated water.

After eating fatty foods (pork, oily fish, cakes, pastries, etc.), you should do an unloading of the pancreas - do physical exercises or take one tablet of your choice: “Festal” or “Pancreatin”.

Daily stress, as well as an unbalanced diet, can cause pancreatitis. Elimination of psychoemotional stresses and adherence to a rational diet significantly reduces the risks of inflammatory diseases of the pancreas. To prevent the development of pathology and to stop emotional shocks, experts advise taking 1 tablet of valerian at night, but not more than a month.

To prevent inflammation of the pancreas, you should stop smoking, as cigarette smoke strongly irritates the cells of the secretory organ. The excretory function gradually begins to fade.