Chronic pancreatitis: symptoms and treatment

This disease occurs in 3 people out of 10. Pathologies are accompanied by gastritis, duodenitis, cholecystitis. In this inflammation, the pancreas, located in the upper abdomen behind the stomach, suffers. Refers to acid-dependent diseases.

Pancreatic juice( pancreatic juice) dissolves nutrients. The task of this body is to develop an enzyme that dissolves proteins, fats and carbohydrates for subsequent ingestion and absorption into the body. Human organs thus receive nutrients and can function normally. We will talk about the symptoms and treatment of chronic pancreatitis.

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What is this disease?

This disease is the result of an experienced acute pancreatitis. The diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis is made in those cases when the gland is almost destroyed and ceases to secrete the enzyme. Nutrients stop coming to the cells.

Important! Pathology negatively affects the work of other organs, for example, the gallbladder due to their paired ducts.

The physician discovers chronic pancreatitis by the following methods:

• fibrogastroscopy;
• biochemical blood tests;
• general stool analysis;

Modern diagnostic methods allow you to quickly diagnose and begin treatment.

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Symptoms of

When the pancreas is broken, the fats cease to dissolve normally and instead of building our body, they go to the toilet, staining the feces in an unusual color. Hence the symptoms:

• steatorrhea( oily feces of white or gray color);
• a catastrophically fast process of losing weight;
• frequent visits to the toilet, diarrhea;
• mild recurrent pain in the upper abdomen;
• vomiting with an admixture of bile.

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Chronic pancreatitis does not allow the normal digestion process to go. The organism for nothing drives food through the intestines, not sucking up nutrients.

Important! Stable weight is an indicator that indicates the absence of a disease.

Causes of

Causing a disease can impair the functioning of the gallbladder. If it formed a stone that travels along the duct, there is a risk that the stone will clog the pancreatic duct paired with it. Bile is like a "wrong door" and falls into another duct. The process of self-digestion of the gland begins. The enzymes produced by it, do not find an outlet in the intestine, which aggravate this phenomenon.

Also, the common causes of the disease include:

• improper diet
• alcohol consumption, smoking;
• injury;
• infection;
• stress;
• cholelithiasis.

Important! Chronic pancreatitis can develop into an acute form.

In such cases, the patient runs the risk of losing the organ, because the only treatment that will be possible is surgical intervention. He risks coming to a pancreatotomy - removal of the pancreas.

Chronic pancreatitis in children

The child's organism reacts sharply to any diseases. Any contact with the infection can cause inflammation. However, chronic pancreatitis affects children very seldom. In general, pathology manifests itself as a complicated reaction. For example, in the form of Giardiasis.

As one of the possible causes of chronic pancreatitis in children, underdevelopment of the gland in small age is considered. She does not always cope with the intake of food, which leads to irregularities in the work of the body.

Important! The presence of viruses in the body, strikes in the stomach often provoke an ailment in children.

In pregnancy

Diagnosis of this disease in pregnant women is complicated. Pain in pancreatitis can get lost among other unpleasant sensations associated with fetal development and toxicosis. In general, the disease manifests itself in the first trimester. To the pain symptoms can also be added diarrhea, flatulence, bloating, weight loss and loss of appetite.

The main factor of occurrence is the deformation and change in body volume against the background of an enlarged uterus.

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Exacerbation of chronic pancreatitis - symptoms of

What is the risk of chronic pancreatitis? Complication of the disease leads to disability of the patient. Often recurring exacerbations entail the dying of the inflamed part of the organ and the appearance of connective tissue or edema. The iron finally stops digesting food for the time that the exacerbation lasts. Develop:

• diarrhea,
• depletion,
• vitamin deficiency;
• diabetes mellitus.

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Violation of the release of enzymes can lead to complications for other organs. Glandular secreted substances enter the bloodstream and travel throughout the body, causing damage to the heart, liver, kidneys. Leads to death.

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Home Treatment

How to treat the disease at home? The first and simplest thing you can do is put a cold on a troubling place. This will kill you. When it subsides, the diet will be the best way to bring the pancreas back to normal. Famous home method is considered a sour oatmeal porridge, which resembles a jelly. The basis of it will be ordinary yogurt. Porridge covers the walls of the digestive tract with a protective film, normalizing the microflora.

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Recipe

You will need a three-liter can.

1. Fill it with a third of small oatmeal.
2. From above add 4 tbsp.l.large flakes.
3. Add a third cup of kefir.
4. Fill the can with warm water. Stir and cover.

Put the jar in a warm place for a day. After 24 hours strain the mixture and pour into a container. The remaining flakes in the sieve flush 2 liters of water. Drink in small sips several times a day.

Also a soft massage will soothe the unpleasant sensations. Pressing the area of ​​the upper and middle epigastrium, navel and intestines will remove spasms and edema.

Treatment with medications

How to cure chronic pancreatitis forever? The treatment of any organ is accompanied by the provision of a physiological rest. Medicines received to treat the gland, signal to her that she relaxed - they will do all the work for her.

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As the essence of the disease consists in stopping the intake of enzymes digesting food, a person should take care of them himself and add to his body. With them, doctors prescribe other groups of drugs that create favorable conditions for treatment. Examples of drugs:

• reducing stomach acidity( secretory);
• relaxing gland ducts( spasmolytic).

Important! All enzyme preparations are sold in capsules. Such protection requires medication to get to the duodenum and not dissolve on the approaches to it in gastric juice.

The enzymes thus obtained will begin their work: the breakdown of proteins, carbohydrates and fats. In medical practice, medicines such as festal and ursosan are used.

Important! Enzyme preparations are not addictive and do not change the function of the gland.

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Treatment with folk remedies

It is believed that the most useful folk diet for normalizing the pancreas begins with tasteless food. Your health will be associated with the frequency of meals. When pancreatitis wins fractional meals in small portions. Traditional medicine does not recommend resorting to raw food or hunger strikes.

Leeches

Manual leeches will help to remove pain. Girudotherapy is used in the areas of upper and middle epigastrium. The first production should be very cautious. For the first time, 1-2 leeches are sufficient. There is a removal of edema and a discharge of excess, accumulated blood. To put leeches it is necessary from a back, along a backbone and knots innervirovanija bodies.

Reduced secretion of the organ will be provided by cold mineral water.

Herbs

In the arsenal of herbal medicine, there are many medicinal plants for the treatment of chronic pancreatitis. Favorably on the body are the teas infused on the following herbs:

• elecampane root;
• bilberry shoots;
• a sheet of black currant;
• the seed of flax;
• sheet of alder black;
• chicory herbs;
• of the bean leaf.

Brew for 3-4 st.l.in an equal dose for each plant. Number of bean wings use twice as much. For each tablespoon of herbs, pour 300 g of water. This collection is infused at a temperature of 60 ° C for 7-8 hours. Goes in the evening, insists at night. Drink 10 minutes before meals 150 g three times a day.

Diet

Nutrition for chronic pancreatitis is aimed at providing a gentle effect for the affected organ. Doctors, making a diet for patients, are based on the formula: cold, hunger and peace. This is required to turn off the body from work. Patients with chronic pancreatitis should take care of the exclusion from the diet:

• fatty meat;
• of butter;
• of sour, fried, smoked, marinated products;
• coffee, chocolate;
• of spirits.

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Diet for exacerbation of the disease is under the supervision of a doctor. Possible health fasting with alkaline drink. Subsequently, the diet expands and the patient is allowed to use proteins of animal origin, allowing both to gain weight, and normalize the work of the body.

What can I eat? Include oatmeal in your diet. They will help get rid of toxins and maintain a normal level of cholesterol. Oats are rich in substances that are similar in composition to enzymes produced by the pancreas. Helps with diarrhea and gastrointestinal disorders.

Recipe for cooking

You will need 1 liter of water and 100 g of cereal. Insist 4 hours. Brew in boiling water until thick. Eat before eating 1 tbsp.l.4 times a day.

Adhering to a diet, a person reduces the risk of remissions and the return of the disease.