How to eliminate the lack of pancreatic enzymes?

Pancreatic enzymes are a special group of substances that a person needs to effectively digest food.

They are contained in pancreatic juice, which is produced by the human pancreas and enters the intestinal system.

Do you want to know what symptoms may indicate the inadequacy of these enzymes, and what blood tests should be taken to determine their quantitative ratio? Read the article!

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The human pancreas is an organ located in the area of ​​the human gastrointestinal tract.

The main task of this body is the production of enzymes and hormones that regulate carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism.

The lack of enzymes and hormones that this body produces can significantly affect the normal functioning of the human digestive system and, as a consequence, on its overall health.

List of enzymes produced by the human pancreas:

• proteases( elastases, trypsin, chymotrypsin and carboxypeptidase);
• nuclease;
• steupsin;
• amylase;
• lipase.

As can be seen from the list, proteases are divided into several subgroups responsible for the cleavage of proteins, as well as elastin.

Nuclease is responsible for the breakdown of nucleic acids, steupsin and lipase provokes the breakdown of fats, and amylase affects starch and carbohydrates.

In total, the human pancreas produces about twenty enzymes, as well as special substances called "proenzymes."

All of them can have different quantitative ratio. Insufficiency of any enzymes of the pancreas is revealed only when the quantitative content of one or several substances of this type tends to zero.

To provoke a deficiency of enzymes produced by the pancreas, can both various diseases and malnutrition of humans.

In order to reveal the root of the pathology, it is necessary to undergo specialized examinations, to take blood tests and draw certain conclusions based on the data obtained during these diagnostics.

It should be noted that the symptoms of enzyme deficiency do not appear immediately after the appearance of the first problems with the production of these substances, but delayed.

They can then become aggravated, then disappear, but they inevitably make themselves felt again and again, adversely affecting the general state of a person.

Symptoms that may indicate acute or moderate enzymatic insufficiency:

• abdominal swelling;
• heaviness in the abdomen after eating;
• is a nausea that occurs after eating certain foods that contain high levels of protein, fat, or carbohydrate;
• diarrhea having a chronic course;
• spreading pain in the abdomen;
• increased fatigue, apathy, sometimes - refusal to eat.

Diagnosis of enzymatic deficiency

It is possible to detect a deficiency of pancreatic enzymes during certain diagnoses.

How do I know if it's time to see a doctor? It is necessary for two or three days to observe your state of health and determine if you have any characteristic symptoms of this pathology.

Sometimes, the symptoms provoked by a pathology such as enzyme deficiency can be so bright that they do not even need to "listen" to their bodies for their detection.

To detect enzyme deficiency, blood tests( general biochemistry of blood, blood for hormonal profile, etc.), as well as analyzes of another, narrower spectrum: for example, private biochemistry of pancreatic enzymes, should be submitted.

Often the cause of a sharp enzymatic deficiency is pancreatitis - inflammation of the pancreas.

Symptoms of pancreatitis are characteristic of this type of disease: increased body temperature, acute intoxication of the body and pain localized at the site of inflammation.

finding survey conducted after pancreatitis patient and review the results of blood tests and abdominal various diagnostics( for example, ultrasound or CT scan of the pancreas).

The lack of magnesium in the human body can indicate a strong enzymatic shortage.

tables include data on the normative content of certain macro- and micronutrients in the human body, said that the rate of this index for the adult healthy person usually varies between twenty - twenty-five milligrams.

Inflammatory and destructive processes occurring in the tissues of the pancreas, significantly reduce this figure.

Another substance which tends to a sharp decrease in the content of human blood in the presence of various pathologies of the pancreas - alpha-amylase enzyme used for cleavage organism starchy compounds and carbohydrates.

Blood tests, the results of which show a decrease in alpha-amylase, may indicate the presence in the organism of human diseases such as cysts and pancreatic tumors as well as cholelithiasis.

The table below contains information on the alpha-amylase values ​​observed in the blood of healthy people and patients with gastroenterological problems.

Normal alpha-amylase	presence of possible problems with pancreas	Acute inflammation of the pancreas
25 - 65 IU / L	65 - 130 IU / L	130-minute U / L and higher

confirm or deny the existence of any problems, Characteristic of the pancreas, can also be done by passing a blood test for trypsinogen and pancreatic lipase.

Traditional treatment of the

problem There are special preparations saturated with enzymes. The best preparations of this spectrum will be discussed in this paragraph of the article.

To find out what preparations should be taken in your particular case, you need to see a doctor and take tests, the results of which will show the quantitative content of these substances in the blood.

To restore the work of the pancreas and normalize the digestive process, preparations that are saturated with amylase, proteases and lipase are possible.

In addition, the formulations of these drugs are enriched with additional additives that contribute to the improvement of the general condition of man: vitamins and minerals.

Drugs prescribed for enzymatic deficiency help to remove symptoms of the pathology: relieve pain, neutralize the signs of dyspeptic disorders and get rid of polypheal.

The best drugs enriched with pancreatic enzymes:

• "Panzinorm";
• "Pancreatin";
• Mezim;
• Creon;
• «Festal" and so forth.

In some cases not activate impaired production of pancreatic enzymes, but rather inhibit their increased release.

Specialized inhibitor preparations that slow down the processes of pancreatic secretion can cope with this task.

The best inhibitors of enzymes produced by the pancreas:

• "Somatostatin";
• "Pancreatin";
• Enkephalin.

If you do not want to use "serious" pharmacy products and prefer to be treated with folk medicine, then the following information will be useful for you.

To develop the necessary enzymes of the pancreas can infusion, which is easy to make, taking the root of licorice, as well as dried greens of dandelion and burdock.

Three teaspoons of a mixture of ingredients, initially interconnected in equal proportions, should be mixed with boiling water, filtered and used by courses.

Decoction containing the root of licorice, you can not use yourself, and combine it with drugs recommended by doctors.

Pancreatic enzymes are a special group of substances produced by this organ.

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It is possible to reveal their insufficiency by passing the tests.

Drugs that fight with their insufficient content in the blood of a person are diverse, so they should be selected only by the attending physician, who knows the specificity of the patient's clinical condition.