Given the peculiarities of pancreatitis, it is customary in medicine to classify this disease as light, medium, heavy, and extremely difficult. Each of these stages has its clinical picture.
In mild form, pancreatitis proceeds as follows. The patient complains of severe pain in the region of the hypochondrium on the left, which are of a circumcised nature. Often, such a manifestation is accompanied by vomiting, nausea. General health is characterized as satisfactory. Heart beat is 90 beats per minute. Arterial pressure has stable indicators. The color of the skin is normal. The stomach is soft to the touch, sometimes a slight swelling is observed. When probing the abdomen, there may be slight pain in the direction of the pancreas.
The course of pancreatitis of moderate severity is characterized by the following manifestations. Pain becomes more intense. The only posture in which they become less palpable is the knee-elbow. The condition is accompanied by strong and frequent vomiting, which does not bring relief. The skin has a pale shade. With this form of the disease, the heart rate becomes more frequent and is about 120 beats per minute. The average blood pressure is 90/50.When listening to the lungs you can hear frequent wheezing, which are both dry and wet. A visual examination of the patient shows a bloating. And his palpation brings severe pain to the patient. Often, the skin shows pale blue spots. Often, on the 3rd or 4th day of exacerbation of the disease, a patient with pancreatitis is diagnosed with jaundice.
Severe as well as extremely severe forms of pancreatitis develop very rapidly. Literally, in a few hours. The pain threshold becomes so strong that all analgesics and other drugs stop pain only for a short period of time. The body temperature rises substantially( up to 39 degrees).Breathing becomes frequent and superficial. The tongue of the tongue is dry. Peristalsis can not be heard. The abdomen is clearly embroidered. When listening in the area above the lungs, wet rales are observed. The symptomatology of pancreatitis is so clearly expressed and develops so intensely that, often, independently, patients do not have time to apply for qualified medical care in time. All signs are growing.