Pancreatitis is an inflammation of the pancreas that causes annoying disturbances to the well-being of the whole organism. The main symptom is abdominal pain, but it is not the only one. Preventing the disease, however, is possible: here’s how.
Il pancreas it is a gland responsible for the digestive and glycemic balances of the body. If it ignites we speak of pancreatitiswhich can be acute, if it occurs suddenly and violently or chronic, if it persists for a long time with progressive worsening.
The causes of pancreatitis can be various but they are above all diseases of the biliary tract, in particular from the calculi of the gallbladder he was born in liverto cause a stagnation of pancreatic juice.
Acute pancreatitis manifests itself with severe pain in the upper abdomen, which however disappears within a few days or weeks, unlike chronic pancreatitis in which abdominal pain is continuous or and also leads to a slow weight loss that should make us suspect that something is wrong.
Pancreatitis should not be taken lightly and underestimated: it is not a simple stomach ache, but it can lead to real pathologies and in the most serious cases cause the deathaffecting the whole organism.
Pancreatitis: when to be alarmed
Symptoms of pancreatitis are typically felt after meals, in which nausea, food and biliary vomiting may occur, sometimes even fintoxicated and hypotension.
When diagnosed, oral feeding is suspended for a few days, and the patient if necessary fed by a tube or a drip. As for pain control, analgesics and rehydrating solutions are administered to combat the loss of fluids caused by vomiting and sweating. In very severe cases, therapy with antibiotics to avoid internal infections of the diseased tissues of the pancreas.
Sometimes it is possible to intervene surgically to remove any stones that obstruct the flow of pancreatic fluid. In that case, the surgical therapy takes place with the removal of the necrotic pancreas tract or with the drainage of the fluids accumulated inside it. The removal of the gallbladder (cholecystectomy) can instead be performed if there is a real risk of a new case of obstructive pancreatitis.