Acute pancreatitis - symptoms and treatment

Acute pancreatitis is a rapidly developing and most severely leaking form of the disease. The cause of pancreatitis is the destruction of the pancreas by its own enzymes due to the narrowing or closing of the lumen of the gland. Factors causing the disease are:

• alcohol abuse;
• excessive consumption of fatty, smoked and fried foods, carbonated drinks;
• traumas of the pancreas;
• diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (duodenum, liver, etc.);
• cardiovascular diseases.

Symptoms of acute pancreatitis

Treatment of acute pancreatitis will be more effective in the early detection of symptoms of the disease. The main signs of the disease are:

• An intense pain localized in the upper half of the abdomen and giving back or girdling;
• bloating;
• small hemorrhages in the navel, sometimes the buttocks;
• prolonged nausea, frequent vomiting;
• increase in body temperature, usually up to 38 degrees;
• shock state as a result of a sharp decrease in pressure, palpitations, dizziness, thready pulse.

First aid for symptoms of acute pancreatitis is as follows:

1. Call a doctor immediately.
2. To reduce the secretion of the pancreas, you must put a cold water bottle on your stomach.
3. You can take no more than two No-shpa tablets, Baralgina or both Papaverin and Platyphylline. It is not recommended to use analgesics, which do not facilitate the condition, but erase the clinical picture of the disease.
4. Arriving specialist introduces highly effective drugs to protect against necrosis of the pancreas and hospitalizes the patient.

Treatment of pancreatitis in the acute stage

According to medical statistics, in 20% of cases acute pancreatitis is particularly difficult and can cause necrosis (death) of pancreatic tissues, so it is necessary to stay in the intensive care unit or in the intensive care unit.

To relieve pain, non-narcotic and narcotic drugs are used. Constantly administered solutions for dilution of blood and reduce the level of enzymes of the gland. Neutralizing enzyme substances and preparations are also used for the treatment of acute pancreatitis:

• Tracerol;
• Contrikal;
• Gordoks.

When an infected organ is infected, a course of antibiotics is prescribed.

In particularly severe cases, surgical intervention is indicated. With inflammation of the pancreas, operations can be performed as organ-preserving (removing only the necrotic part), and resection (complete removal of the organ).

Currently, laparoscopic operations are becoming more common, when the surgeon makes a miniature incision on the abdominal wall, through which introduces a tiny laparoscope chamber and a surgical instrument. With this method of surgery, the risk of infection is reduced, spikes are almost not formed, and recovery is much faster. It is important that the body remains imperceptible to the naked eye defect.

Diet for acute pancreatitis

When you have symptoms of acute pancreatitis, a strict diet is required:

1. In the first three to five days the patient is fasted with an abundant drink of alkaline mineral water without gas.
2. After these days, liquid non-rough porridges, low-fat cottage cheese and yoghurts, loose chicken broths, boiled fish cooked for a couple of cutlets are allowed. You are allowed to eat bananas and honey.

Under strict prohibition:

• fatty, sharp, fried foods;
• black coffee;
• eggs;
• sausages;
• carbonated and alcoholic drinks.