Treatment of pancreatitis with medicines. Diet for pancreatitis

Periodically, after eating in the stomach, discomfort is felt. There is a feeling that pain permeates the whole body. If you have such symptoms, do not suffer, be sure to consult a specialist. Many diseases of the gastrointestinal tract can be with such symptoms, one of them is a disease of pancreatitis.

A little about the pancreas

Before talking about the disease, you need to understand where it is located. This organ of the human body is rarely remembered, but it plays a very important role. What are the functions of the pancreas?

• Regulates: fatty, protein, carbohydrate metabolism. This is due to the fact that the iron produces insulin and glucagon, which enter the blood.
• Promotes the normal functioning of the endocrine system of the body.

Now a little about the structure of this body. Immediately say that its name does not match its location. The pancreas is located in the abdominal cavity in the posterior part of it, its structure is as follows:

• head;
• body;
• tail.

Most often affects all sorts of diseases head.

The pancreas is one of the largest and most functional glands in the human body. She can perfectly adapt to any food you eat.

Pancreatitis is ...

Inflammatory processes in the pancreas arise due to the formation of a deficiency of enzymes necessary for normal digestion. This disease has two forms:

• Acute - the symptoms develop rapidly and violently.
• Chronic - sluggish and slow course of the disease.

It is from what form of the disease is present that specialists make a decision: treatment of pancreatitis with medicines will be performed or surgical intervention will be required.

Disease of the pancreas manifests itself in the event that the duct is blocked: a cyst, a tumor, stones.

What causes the disease?

Causes of the disease:

• Poor nutrition;
• Frequent stress;
• smoking;
• Alcohol abuse;
• Nervous overstrain;
• Use of hormonal drugs;
• Liver disease;
• ulcer;
• Poisoning with toxins.

All of the above has a negative effect on the pancreas, they sharply increase the secretion of pancreatic juice.

The mechanism of pancreatitis is self-digestion. Own enzymes are activated, edema develops, pancreatic tissue dies and is replaced.

Symptoms of the disease

Before you start treatment with pancreatitis medication or with traditional medicine, you should contact a specialist. He accurately diagnoses the disease and prescribes treatment. If you experience any of the following symptoms, do not delay your appointment:

• Severe pain in the abdominal cavity;
• Pain in the hypochondrium from the right side;
• Pain in the epigastric region;
• Acute pains that encircle the entire body;
• Pain in the chest and under the left scapula;
• Vomiting;
• diarrhea;
• constipation;
• Bloating;
• Hard belly;
• dyspnea;
• high blood pressure;
• Increased heart rate;
• In the navel can appear cyanotic spots.

The patient is getting worse and worse with every minute, only the doctor will be able to determine the diagnosis - pancreatitis. The pills that he will appoint will help relieve the attack. If there is no possibility to deliver the patient to a medical institution, then call for an "ambulance".

Diagnosis of the disease

Do not immediately understand what causes the pain, which can last for hours. After all, it girdles you "from head to foot." Here already without an "ambulance" can not do. But in order to completely diagnose, you will have to turn to a specialist. Signs of pancreatitis are such that they can easily be confused with renal colic, heart attack, angina. To begin treatment of a pancreatitis by medicines or other methods costs or stands only after full inspection.

It includes not only the delivery of tests, you will definitely have to undergo ultrasound. The apparatus can clearly see the increase in the pancreas, a change in its structure.

Identify the disease is very difficult, and the task will cope only with a specialist.

Proper nutrition

The first thing a doctor will advise you, diagnosing "pancreatitis," is a diet. We will have to give up many products that contain extractives and fiber. They contribute to increase the secretion of digestive juice and lead to bloating. Nutrition for inflammation of the pancreas should be low-calorie, in the diet should be fifty percent of proteins of animal origin. So what to eat with pancreatitis?

• Buckwheat porridge rubbed;
• Omelet from egg white for steaming;
• Fish souffle for a couple;
• Meat mashed potatoes;
• Low-fat dairy products;
• White crackers;
• honey.

From the menu completely should be excluded: marinades, strong broths. As you can see, if you are concerned about pancreatitis, tablets are not the only way out. You need to change your diet, except for a low-calorie diet, it should be fractional and sparing.

Chronic inflammation of the pancreas

As already mentioned above, pancreatitis has two forms: acute and chronic.

With the chronic form of pain, most often begin an hour and a half after you eat abundantly. This time is approximate. It all depends on the composition of your diet. Very rarely, but it happens that discomfort begins to be felt after a couple of minutes. Pain may be cramping or permanent. Symptoms of chronic pancreatitis include:

• Nausea;
• Rumbling in the abdomen;
• Vomiting;
• Heartburn;
• Bloating;
• Gas formation;
• Lack of appetite or, conversely, "wolfish appetite".

This form of the disease can lead to not very pleasant consequences, such as:

• Erosion formation;
• The formation of ulcers in the stomach;
• The appearance of bleeding;
• Cyst formation;
• Blockage of veins;
• Disturbance of thinking, memory.

Having noticed such symptoms, especially if they are often repeated after a meal, immediately consult a doctor. He after a comprehensive examination will diagnose and prescribe a treatment, which is usually prescribed for pancreatitis. Medications that take with this disease, you will not help if you do not give up eating fatty, spicy food and alcohol.

Acute pancreatitis

With acute pancreatitis, the pain is unbearable and shrouding. Treatment begins with immediate hospitalization. If you have time in time, then you can stop the inflammation at its initial stage of development.

The first three days you will need:

• Adhere to bed rest;
• starve;
• Use only alkaline drink;
• Keep a cold water bottle on your stomach;
• Rinse the stomach through the probe.

Treatment of acute pancreatitis with medicines includes:

• Injections and droppers with antispasmodics: preparations "No-Shpa", "Papaverin", "Atropin", "Baralgin".
• The injections with analgesics, such as "Analgin", "Amidopyrin", "Novocaine", "Heparin", etc.
• Diuretics - they help prevent swelling.
• To suppress secretion used: drugs "Almagel", "Cimetidine", "Mixture Bourges", "Trasilol", "Ranisan" and others.

It is necessary to treat pancreatitis with medicines that prevent the occurrence of a secondary infection. For this purpose antibiotics of a wide spectrum of action are used: "Ampioks", "Gentamycin", "Kanamycin".

And what about the future

If you adhere to the following rules, then in the future you will have a stable remission. And these rules are as follows:

• Do not abuse alcohol.
• Refuse to smoke.
• Adhere to proper nutrition.
• Follow the doctor's recommendations

With pancreatitis, the medications will help you, well, and in order to prevent a seizure later, stick to the proper nutrition. In a word, everything is in your hands.