Pancreatitis is a disease of the pancreas that is accompanied by acute pain, inflammation and tissue breakdown.
Pancreatitis has its own “preferences”: women get sick more often than men; obese people - more often than lean ones. The “group” of risk includes gourmets, excessively consuming smoked meats, fatty and fried foods, drink-lovers, victims of frequent stresses. Often, pancreatitis joins existing diagnoses, such as hepatitis or gallstone disease.
There are acute and chronic pancreatitis.
Symptoms and treatment of pancreatitis:
Acute pancreatitis is accompanied by severe pain in the upper abdomen, vomiting with
admixture of bile, bloating. The temperature can sharply “jump” to 38 C, and the pressure can drop. If the patient becomes worse, he turns pale, sticky sweat appears on his body, his tongue dries up and becomes covered with a grayish coating, an unpleasant “rotten” smell is heard from his mouth. The symptoms and treatment of pancreatitis are well known to the ambulance doctors, so if you have acute attacks, do not hesitate to call an "ambulance".
The doctor should carefully examine the patient and find out if his stomach and intestines are working. To correctly diagnose, you need to conduct a series of tests. Usually the patient is asked to donate blood for a general analysis and for sugar, urine, feces. Often give direction to ultrasound and fluoroscopy.
Symptoms and treatment of pancreatitis in adults with a chronic form of the disease, namely signs of pancreatitis in adults: complete or partial lack of appetite, nausea, indigestion, frequent dull abdominal pain, poor complexion. With exacerbation - severe pain, vomiting, signs of poisoning.
Untimely treatment is fraught with serious consequences: pancreatitis can be complicated by diabetes, stomach and intestinal ulcers, inflammation of the peritoneum, pulmonary edema, and others.
Once the symptoms and treatment of pancreatitis are identified, the patient must be sent to the hospital.
Pancreatitis treatment:
The first thing doctors do is relieve pain: they inject antispasmodics (No-shpu, Papaverin, etc.) and analgesics (Analgin, Ketanov, etc.). They put a dropper with saline solution, a glucose solution (vitamins or heart preparations can be added to it). They introduce drugs that help restore acid-base balance and inhibit the secretion of the pancreas ("Trasilol", "Contrical" and others). If necessary, gastric lavage is done, and an ice warmer is placed on the stomach. Prescribe intravenous nutrition and a starvation diet.
During the critical period, the therapist and surgeon observe the patients: in case of deterioration, an urgent operation may be necessary. To prevent complications, doctors prescribe antibiotics and enzymes. And after only three to five days, the patient is gradually transferred to normal nutrition: first, liquid (herbal decoctions, weak teas, low-fat kefir), then low-calorie semi-liquid (mucous soups, cereals without oil and fat, steamed vegetable and meat purees). Drink give slightly alkaline mineral water. Under the strictest ban - alcohol, smoked and fried foods, cakes and pastries with fat cream, preservation.
Pancreatitis Prevention
Such is human nature that as soon as the patient feels relief, he often again goes into all serious ways. This primarily refers to adherents of alcohol. However, equally to those who are unable to deny themselves a tidbit. Meanwhile, pancreatitis requires an almost lifetime diet and small, easily digestible servings. Under the ban are products that stimulate the increased production of gastric juice, bile and pancreatic enzymes.
If you have all the signs that indicate a disease such as pancreatitis, do not delay the tests and go to the doctor! Your health depends on the correct diagnosis!