Acute pancreatitis is life-threatening

Acute pancreatitis is a pancreatic inflammation of the inflammatory nature, resulting from the fact that the cells of this organ under the influence of the enzymes that it produces are subjected to digestion. At the same time, some enzymes destroy the vessels supplying the gland, causing edema of the organ, and in severe cases severely disrupting the blood supply and leading to tissue death. The second part acts on the adipose tissue, causing necrosis.

The result of these processes is inflammation, which contributes to the resorption and melting of small foci of necrotic tissue. Large foci of necrosis do not resolve, but separate from living tissue, forming sequesters. Quite often penetrating microorganisms cause inflammation of the purulent nature of the pancreas and adjacent tissues. In severe cases with massive necrosis, internal bleeding, peritonitis, shock and death may occur .

Provoke acute pancreatitis can be poisoned by alcohol, a tendency to overeating, eating large amounts of fatty and fried foods, as well as sharp, pickled and salty foods. If in this case a person has gallbladder disease, in 80% of cases he has pancreatitis of acute or chronic course.

Acute pancreatitis Occurs if there is any barrier to the outflow of pancreatic juice. It can create stones in the gallbladder, tumors or spasms of the outflow ducts.

How to identify pancreatitis

Acute pancreatitis causes very severe pain, in which the patient can not even straighten, and with the introduction of spasmolytic pain does not subside. The pain is localized in the left hypochondrium, and sometimes in the right hypochondrium, while it can be of a circumlanguage character, capturing the back area. The intensity of pain can be different, it starts from a feeling of discomfort and ends with a severe pain that keeps constantly, exhausts and can give to the scapula, chest, side or stomach. A characteristic pose for an attack of acute pancreatitis - sitting with bent legs and leaning forward, as lying pain is intolerable.

All painful sensations are accompanied by nausea and frequent vomiting, the temperature may rise. The person pales, becomes covered with a sticky sweat, the pressure falls, the pulse is rapid. When you look at the tongue on it can be seen plaque. In some cases, jaundice develops in parallel, while the skin and eyes become yellow.

Treatment of acute pancreatitis

In order to provide assistance, hospitalization of a patient with acute pancreatitis is necessary, preferably in the first hours of the disease. Since the treatment started at this time can stop the process and prevent the development of formidable complications leading to serious consequences and even death.

The first few days a person must comply with bed rest, starve and drink alkaline drinks - Borjomi or soda solution. To replace the usual food, the patient is given intravenous fluids. An ice bubble is placed on the abdomen. If it is not possible to stop vomiting, then aspirate the gastric contents and inject alkaline solutions through the probe.

Further, agents that regulate gastric secretion, enzymes and antibiotics are connected. For relief of pain, spasmolytics and pain medications are administered. To reduce the production of enzymes that contribute to the development of the inflammatory process in the gland, designate gordoks, kontrikal, trasistol.

If the pain continues, agents can be prescribed that suppress the production of hydrochloric acid or neutralize it. Antibiotics are designed to prevent the development or suppression of an associated secondary infection. In some cases it is necessary to resort to urgent surgery to save the life of the patient.