Externally, the pancreas looks like a kinderbody - a sequalued pyramid about 10 centimeters long. It is located behind the stomach and behaves normally to rarity meek. However, not in vain say: «In a quiet pool...»
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Among the digestive bodies of the pancreas is entrusted to a very responsible task - to ensure the digestion of the products that the stomach could not cope with. Therefore, the pancreatic juice allocated by it contains a set of so active in chemical attributes, which is able to split and dissolve almost any nutrients, making them suitable for assimilation. How her poor woman, continuously producing such aggressive substances, manages to avoid their devastating effects?
Enzymes inside the pancreas are in inactive form and fully acquired, already hitting the intestines and mixed with food. But if, due to any reasons, their activation is premature, it can really lead to serious consequences.
Of course, some kind of self-deficing protection at the gland has: along with enzymes it produces and substances overwhelming their activity. Enzymes and antifuitsa as it were to balance each other. Under normal conditions, this is quite enough. However, when the balance is violated - not far to the trouble.
If the volume of the iron produced juice increased markedly (or some obstacle arose on its path) - he simply does not have time to flow into the intestine. Then the pressure in the pancreatic duct increases, which ultimately leads to an increase in the activity of pancreatic enzymes.
In such cases, antimalimensal protection becomes not enough and develops what the scientific language is called «inflammatory destructive syndrome», And simply speaking - damage to the pancreas with digestive enzymes. Such - Of course, in a simplified form - the mechanism of development of the disease, called pancreatitis.
The main signs of pancreatitis are painful pain in the upper abdomen (often sickening), nausea and vomiting. There are sharp pancreatitis (when it comes to a single attack) and chronic when the attacks are systematically repeated.
The most dangerous form of acute pancreatitis - pancreaticosis: the self-destruction of the pancreas. Fortunately, not every case of acute pancreatitis (quite common illness) ends with pancreatic. On the contrary, it is a rare exception. However, anyone who felt pain in his stomach is useful to remember the possibility of serious complications and adhere to certain rules to reduce this risk to a minimum.
- With the appearance of abdominal pain, a doctor should immediately call. It is not scary if anxiety is exaggerated; Worse if the precious time is missing. The sooner you will begin treatment, the more hope for success.
- Discard food, and before inspection by a doctor - and from drinking, because any eaten food or the accepted drink cause additional irritation of the pancreas and stimulate the production of pancreatic enzymes.
- Put the ice on the epigastric area - the part of the abdomen, which is between the navel and the chest. If I do not, you can use cold water heating.
- Do not take any drugs before the arrival of the doctor. Be sure to lie down.
- In no case, do not refuse treatment in the hospital, even if it seems to you that it became easier: with many diseases of the abdominal organs, including in acute pancreatitis, there may be a brief period of imaginary well-being, following which the disease is attacked with the rated force.
In the overwhelming majority of cases, doctors manage to interrupt the attack of pancreatitis during the day. To avoid irreversible consequences in the development of pancreonecrosis, large doses of antimemental drugs similar to those acting under natural conditions are introduced intravenously. If it does not help, you have to resort to the operation.
But even with the easiest attack, do not hurry from the discharge from the hospital: a few days of stay there are necessary for insurance to exclude the repetition of the attack and find out what caused the pancreas on «riot».
Alcohol and stones – Pancreatitis culprits
Doctors counted about two hundred factors contributing to the development of pancreatitis. Among them there are two indisputable leader - gallstone disease and alcohol.
Cases are very frequent when people live to deep old age, nor sleeping in the Spirit of their stones. And therefore doctors, finding a patient «Dumb» Stones, usually do not rush with their removal. Recommend to the patient comply with the diet and prescribe a re-examination in six months - a year.
But if the gallstones declare themselves bolts, the operation is necessary. After all, the biliary duct and duct of the pancreas before shift in the duodenum almost converge together, having a narrowing outlet - an output duct, in which the stone that came out of the gallbladder can be stuck. Easy to imagine how pancreatic enzymes will behave, «hugging» on this obstacle.
In addition, such a stone violates bile outflow - yolk occurs, the ability of the liver is sharply dropping to neutralize the poisonous substances in the body. In such a situation, delaying with the operation is fraught with the most serious consequences.
As for alcohol... Of course, it is better not to drink at all. Well, for those who are not able to do this task, let's notify that the alcohol itself does not affect everything (although it annoys it is quite strong), but a combination of strong alcoholic beverages with acute and fatty food. Thus, it is preferable to drink wine glasses, slowly, and to eat fresh curtain, apple, lemon, but not bass or smoked sausage.
The aggravation of chronic pancreatitis, as a rule, provokes annoying (that is, oily and acute) food, smoked, alcoholic beverages - all that stimulates the production of pancreatic juice.
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