The pancreas is an important organ in the body of a person who occupies an important role in the process of digestion. The pancreas regulates the energy exchange, the level of glucose, participates in the digestion of the protein. Inflammation of this body (pancreatitis) is a dangerous disease that can lead to such complications as diabetes mellitus, pancreatic. It is important on time to recognize the disease at the initial stage and begin timely treatment. What signs indicate inflammation of the pancreas?
Pancreatitis: Causes of Disease
One of the main factors for the development of the disease is chronic alcoholism, in addition, inflammation of the pancreas may be due to the following factors:
- Congenital anomaly of the structure of the pancreas;
- Pathology of biliary tract and duodenal estate;
- Development of the tumor process in the authority;
- Injury;
- Complication after an infectious disease;
- Effect of ecology, improper nutrition, abundance in the diet of carcinogens;
- Poisoning toxic substances;
- Chronic stress.
The first signs of acute pancreatitis
The acute form of the disease has pronounced symptoms:
- Singing intensive pain in the hypochondrium, often patients take it for a sign of pyelonephritis.
- Vomiting, nausea with pancreatitis is a sign of intoxication of the body. Massows may contain incapbreate food and bile.
- For the initial stage of the disease, the disorder in the work of the gastrointestinal tract is characterized. Enzyme and bile deficiency leads to long-term constipation within a few days. Then the absence of defecation is replaced by a liquid chair.
- With inflammation of the pancreas, the abdomen occurs, gas formation increases.
Increased body temperature, rapid heartbeat and decrease in blood pressure, - Feeling dryness in the mouth, IKOT, heartburn, belching
- There is a change in skin cover. The edema of the pancreas, putting pressure on the neighboring organs of the abdominal cavity, prevents the outflow of bile. This leads to the pallor and yellowing of the skin.
With a sharp deterioration in the well-being, the appearance of white, blue spots on the skin, and especially during the yellowing of the skin, the patient needs medical care.
Chronic inflammation of the pancreas
For chronic pancreatitis, the hidden course of the disease is characterized, about which the patient may not guess. Consider the attack can external factors, such as stress, changing the ration or power mode (diet), taking alcoholic beverages. The symptoms of chronic form of pancreatitis is similar to an acute form of the disease and is accompanied by such signs:
- Acute pain is localized at the top of the abdomen and in the hypochondrium, gives it to the sternum, back.
- Nausea, vomiting, disorder operation of the gastrointestinal tract.
- Pulse increase, body temperature increase.
Over time, these symptoms fade, but the disease makes itself felt. The person accompany the frequent constipation, diarrhea, flatulence, which arise due to insufficient sprouting of food in the intestine. Also observed nail fragility, hair loss, dry skin, fast fatigue and lethargy.
Diagnosis and treatment
In order to diagnose acute pancreatitis or exacerbation of chronic gland inflammation, an organism survey is required. Research is conducted, ultrasound or anti-cavity x-ray, analysis of carts and urine. When identifying pancreatitis, the patient is hospitalized. It is assigned to disintellation therapy, which is aimed at stabilizing the functioning of the pancreas. In the period of remission, patients show the reception of enzymatic drugs and compliance with the diet. Diet is an important stage in the process of treating pancreatitis. In the acute form of the disease, eating eating for two days is excluded, then porridges on water, light soups, diet meat and boiled fish are introduced into the daily diet. The duration of therapeutic diet is several months before the patient's complete recovery.
To prevent the exacerbations of pancreatitis, a diet recommended for this disease should be observed, refuse to take alcohol, avoid stress and periodically pass into a doctor.