Pancreas in children: treatment of diseases
pancreas hasA number of important functions aimed at correct and complete assimilation of food, the breakdown of protein and carbohydrate fats. Unbalanced food, "heavy" for the digestive system, food can lead to malfunctioning of the organ, even in a small child. Diseases of the pancreas occur quite often, but far from many parents can quickly recognize the first signs of the disease.
Inflammation of
Recently, physicians have shown a tendency to increase the number of pancreatic diseases among children under 10 years old.
This increases the difficulties of diagnosis, as modern parents prefer to engage in self-medication, "spiky" the child with drugs for other purposes. As a result of inflammation, which can be eliminated by maintaining a diet and giving up some foods, develops into acute pancreatitis, whose treatment is difficult due to childhood.
Diseases
Often, doctors diagnose pancreatic insufficiency in young children. Recognize the disease can be due to poor digestion, large pieces in the stool, constant nausea, stool disruption. This pathology, as a rule, is congenital, and often does not respond to treatment. Such children are kept under special control, regular examinations are carried out, including the condition of the blood.
Insufficiency of the gland is insidious in that insufficient insulin secretion leads to insulin dependence, that is, to diabetes mellitus. Diagnosis of the disease can be at an early stage by the first signs indicated earlier. It is also recommended to perform an ultrasound examination for infants to identify defects and congenital diseases.
Causes of pancreatic disease :
- The trend towards an increase in the incidence of pancreatitis among children is noted due to poor ecology and malnutrition. Parents, trying to please or distract their child, buy him absolutely useless and even harmful chips, crackers, lemonade, sweets, detrimental to the work of the pancreas. That is why wrong and unbalanced nutrition can be called the first cause of inflammation. Children( as well as adults) are strictly prohibited from eating foods containing carcinogens, dyes and food supplements with the designation E. It is recommended to exclude also fried, too salty, spicy and fried foods from the baby's diet. The child should eat according to his age, moving gradually from breastfeeding to artificial, and then to dairy and meat products. Food should be varied, be sure to include fruits, vegetables, cereals.
- The second reason is poisoning. It is a question of the use of substandard products with the expired shelf life, and also about chemical agents. As a result of poisoning in the intestinal tract, pathogenic microorganisms start to multiply, which negatively affect the state of the pancreas.
- Prolonged and uncontrolled antibiotic treatment is the third cause of pancreatitis in a child. The pancreas in children reacts very sharply to external stimuli, which include preparations against bacteria. Also, medicines for this purpose kill useful microorganisms, which negatively affects the digestive system as a whole. Therefore, it is very important, together with antibiotics, to carry out substitution therapy, which includes taking drugs with prebiotics.
- Heredity, congenital pancreatic pathology in children - all this is the first step towards pancreatitis. Anomalies of the body lead to irregularities in the work, often it can not cope with the amount of food that is put to the child.
- Injuries to the stomach and back can also trigger pancreatitis.
Symptoms of acute pancreatitis
Symptoms of acute pancreatitis are not difficult to notice. The child begins to complain of pain in the abdomen, is capricious, refuses food and water. Any movement for him is painful, he tries to lie more. Then there is nausea, which leads to vomiting or diarrhea, the temperature may rise, palpitation may become more frequent. A white coating and dryness appears in the mouth.
Many parents confuse the symptoms of acute pancreatitis with appendicitis, as the picture is similar.
Symptoms of chronic pancreatitis
Pancreatitis passes into a chronic form after an acute illness or if there is no timely assistance, when treatment does not lead to the desired effect. The disease manifests itself as loss of appetite, weight loss. Periodically the child is disturbed by a nausea and a vomiting, the chair is broken. Constipation alternates with diarrhea.
Chronic pancreatitis is dangerous due to exacerbation, which occurs when eating too fatty or poor-quality food.
Treatment of
Inflammation of the pancreas in children should be treated only under the supervision of a specialist! If an attack occurs, it is necessary to call an "ambulance" as soon as possible and go with the child to a hospital. Treatment is carried out only in a hospital. First, the pain is stopped with the help of droppers with anesthetic drugs, then it is removed by inflammation. At the same time, the food is completely canceled. Complete fasting lasts a few days before the withdrawal of the attack.
Chronic pancreatitis requires compliance with the diet, avoiding harmful, too salty, spicy and fatty foods. In some cases, drugs with enzymes are prescribed to maintain the pancreas.
Any diseases of the digestive tract in children require observation and treatment by specialists. Do not self-medicate, this is fraught with negative consequences. And do not forget that the health of the child is in your hands, so do not allow children to eat harmful foods, even in rare cases.
