Symptoms and treatment of polyp in the pancreas

Polyp in the pancreas is often called fibroma, cyst or leiomyoma.

The fact is that the polypous formations for this organ of the digestive system are not characteristic, because it is not hollow and is devoid of mucous membrane.

In addition, benign growths in the gland under the stomach are found only in exceptional cases.

Why does the polyp appear and how does it bother?

In the tissues of the pancreas, a polyp can grow if there are the following reasons for this:

• is a hereditary factor, that is, benign formations in this organ were detected in the next of kin;
• adverse ecology in the place of residence;
• bad habits, that is smoking tobacco and addiction to alcohol.

Another neoplasm in the pancreas may appear due to such a cause as the pathological process in the organ that has arisen because of the damage to its cells.

This is usually the case with patients with chronic pancreatitis. In the same situation, there may be those who eat poorly, that is, they eat a lot of fat, constantly overeat or skip meals.

In some cases, the polyp in the digestive system that produces juice with enzymes for digestion of food is formed due to deficiency of vitamins in the body, serious illnesses or injuries.

Usually a person with a polyp in the pancreas feels well at first. Symptoms of the disease appear only when education grows to a considerable size.

The pancreas with a large polyp starts to press on the nearby organs, which causes the stomach to get sick, and the unpleasant sensations do not weaken and even increase if the patient changes the position of the body.

In pain, you can determine where the benign education has grown. Painful sensations, concentrated at the top of the abdomen, indicate the appearance of a polyp in the inside of the gland.

If a person feels severe discomfort in the epigastric region, the pathological process has affected the head of the digestive organ.

Pain under the ribs on the left side of the trunk is a sign of the formation of a polyp in the tail of the gland that produces enzymes.

A pancreatic tumor that presses on the intestine can cause a blockage in the food lump, that is, the obstruction of the digestive organ.

If the polyp produces hormones that radically affect the body, the symptoms may be as follows:

• strong weakness, body sweating, irritability, palpitations and head spinning with excessive production of insulin by the gland;
• painful sensations in the epigastric zone, with pronounced burning sensations in the chest, acid taste in the mouth, upset of the stool due to disruption of the digestive system and ulceration of the gastric mucosa and intestines are observed when producing a large amount of the hormone gastrin;
• abrupt loss of weight, iron deficiency in the blood, covering the body with a rash, especially in the groin and hips, damage to the mucous membranes, causing diseases such as vaginitis and stomatitis, is due to excess production of glucagon.

If benign cystic formation, then symptoms such as discomfort at the top of the abdomen, severe fatigue and weakness, frequent trips to the toilet, while the stool is liquid, and fever.

How to treat the pancreas with a polyp?

Conservative agents in eliminating the polyp of the pancreas will not help. Without surgery, the patient will not get better.

The doctor can prescribe to a person who has a polyp on the digestive system, treated with one of the following procedures:

• enucleation. It is carried out if it is necessary to remove the formation of not more than 2 cm, which appeared on the external tissues of the digestive organ. In addition, to prevent the gland from bleeding, electrocoagulation is done, after which the place of tumor formation is carefully sewn up;
• resection. This operation involves cutting a zone of the gland on which the polyp appeared. It is carried out when the tumor has reached a large size or has become malignant;
• X-ray endovascular embolization of arteries. This surgical intervention provides for the closure of blood vessels, through which the benign formation is saturated with blood. Due to this, the polyp tissue dies off.

If several polyps are observed on the digestive organ, then it is forbidden to do a resection. In this case, treatment is carried out, which eliminates the symptoms of the disease.

The choice of medicines is determined by a hormone that is produced in large quantities and forms a neoplasm. Usually, medicinal products that reduce the amount of sugar in the blood are used.

Treatment of the pancreas also involves compliance with the diet. On it, the patient has to sit after performing an operation.

Often, dieting is required for a long period, and sometimes even for a lifetime. Diet treatment is based on a number of rules.

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The main thing, the patient is supposed to eat slowly, but, except for 3 basic meals, there must necessarily be two more.

It is necessary to eat at strictly certain times, which will protect the unhealthy digestive organ from failure and facilitate its functioning.

Since the polyp has been removed on the iron, which affects its work, it is forbidden to eat fried and baked dishes, as well as canned food and semi-finished products.

Patient is advised to eat cooked foods, ground to a mushy condition. In the diet must necessarily be present chicken and lean fish.

Usually, doctors prescribe a treatment with diet No. 5 to a patient with an operated gland. Is it possible to eat after some time, as before, the doctor will tell later.

When a large amount of gastrin or polyps is detected in a person, treatment is prescribed with omeprazole, ranitidine and famotidine. All these drugs are aimed at reducing the production of gastric juice.

Preventive measures to prevent the formation of polyp does not exist.

The only thing, because the frequent reasons for the appearance of a tumor on the digestive system are alcohol and inefficient nutrition, one must adhere to a healthy lifestyle and go to the doctor at the first symptoms of malaise.

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So, most often patients whose pancreas was afflicted with a polyp, recover. A tumor on this digestive organ rarely becomes malignant.

However, the polyp can lead to intestinal obstruction or jaundice, which is why therapeutic therapy is not without surgery.