Stool for pancreatitis: treatment of diarrhea
One of the most unpleasant symptoms in diseases of the pancreas is diarrhea. Why does it arise, and how to deal with it?
Reasons for
In pancreatitis, a stool disorder occurs due to poor digestion of food and is observed mainly in severe stages of the disease.
The liquid stool is accompanied by a bloating, heartburn, in some cases - vomiting.
Secretory insufficiency
In pancreatic diseases, a secretory deficiency of this organ is observed - enzymes are released too little and the food is not digested properly. This is especially true when one meal consumes high-protein and starchy foods simultaneously. That is, meat with bread is just that dish, which even a healthy pancreas does not digest completely. If such a dish is eaten by a patient with pancreatitis, rotting and fermentation will begin in his intestines - that is why the stool is broken and diarrhea occurs.
People experiencing serious gastrointestinal problems should not eat protein, carbohydrate and starchy foods at the same meal. For digestion each of them requires its own, individual acid medium in the stomach.
Dysfunction of the diet
There is one more circumstance that complicates the life of patients with pancreatitis: diarrhea has the property of returning if medication was not accompanied by a strict diet. Any disregard for the recommendations of nutritionists can again lead to serious problems with the stool.
In pancreatitis, a special diet is prescribed, the emphasis in which is made on protein foods. If protein food causes fermentation, how to be? A liquid stool will not bother the patient if he sets a rule for himself - there is protein production separately and do not mix incompatible foods in one dish. If you eat a boiled beef without bread and at the same time drink a glass of milk, then the gastric juice and enzymes of the pancreas must do their job well - they will digest food without rest. Otherwise, undigested meat will enter the intestine, where it will promote the reproduction of putrefactive bacteria, thereby causing bloating, flatulence and a loose stool, which, by the way, has a sharp specific smell.
Lack of vitamins and trace elements
Against the backdrop of developing dysbacteriosis, a person does not feel well because the fermentation processes do not allow the walls of the intestine to suck up even the volume of useful micronutrients that are obtained from digested food.
This is one of the versions that physicians try to explain the sharp weight loss of patients with pancreatitis, as well as their insatiable appetite.
Treatment of diarrhea
The first task for a patient suffering from diarrhea in pancreatitis is to return to a strict diet, but before that you will have to withstand starvation, the term of which will be determined by the attending physician.
Features of the diet
Treatment of pancreatitis involves the patient's refusal from previous gastronomic habits: from fatty, fried, smoked food or grilled food. Acceptable cooking technology - by steaming or cooking foods.
It is necessary to replace the fat types of meat - dietary, fatty fish - "lean", and instead of milk, cottage cheese and yogurt with a high percentage of fat content to buy low-fat products or with a very low content.
All products must be eaten in crushed or ground form. It is necessary to remove from the diet honey, jam, muffins, confectionery;Such vegetables as turnips, radishes, horseradish, garlic, onions;Freshly baked bread and fast food, chips, suhariki with spicy seasoning and sushi. Also, the veto is imposed on alcohol products, coffee, cocoa and chocolate.
An alternative to "forbidden" products can be fruits and vegetables, biscuits, jelly and marshmallows, dried bread, cereals, etc.
The stool is normalized if dietary prescriptions are performed continuously.
Restoration of intestinal microflora and functions
If diarrhea has begun, then treatment involves the removal of the intestines from rotting food residues and the restoration of microflora. Therefore, it is possible that the patient will have to put an enema.
Enema can be performed at home. It is necessary to prepare a washing solution, strictly following the recommendations:
- In 2 liters of hot water, dissolve 1 tbsp. L.Salt( it is desirable to replace it with sea salt), as well as 1 dessert spoon of baking soda.
- Cool the solution to exactly 38 ° C.
- To put an enema, according to the instructions attached to it.
Rinsing is better to repeat 2-3 r., Since it is difficult to achieve a complete cleansing of the intestine with an ordinary enema. To put the enema in 4-5 days.
Immediately after the rinsing, the doctor must prescribe to the patient probiotics that will support the multiplication of the "useful" microflora in the digestive tract. After restoration of bowel functions, the liquid stool will stop bothering the patient.
Medical treatment
The liquid stool is accompanied by a lot of symptoms, which also need to be eliminated.
Inflammation and pancreatic edema will help to remove cold compress. If the pain does not recede, spasms are removed with the help of medications prescribed by the doctor-antispasmodics. In severe cases, as well as with pain shock, the pain medication is administered intravenously. Insulin injections and plasma transfusion are not excluded.
To get rid of diarrhea, it is necessary to normalize digestion - for this purpose, the physician prescribes the administration of enzyme and polyenzymatic preparations during meals.
Sometimes it is impossible to stop destructive processes in the pancreas. Then the doctor offers the patient surgical treatment of the disease, which provokes diarrhea, intolerable pain and other symptoms.
Thus, diarrhea in pancreatitis is a symptom that can not be cured by a "magic pill".Treatment should be comprehensive and primarily aimed at normalizing the pancreas.
