Curbing exacerbation of pancreatitis at home

Exacerbation of pancreatitis leads to the appearance of severe pain, familiar to anyone who has a diagnosis of "chronic pancreatitis."What to do in such cases, you will learn from this article.

The obtained knowledge will be useful both for patients with experience and for "beginners" who can draw a conclusion about the severity of acute pancreatitis and will try not to bring inflammation of the pancreas to a chronic condition.

Signs of activation of the disease

Chronic pancreatitis is an inflammation of the pancreas, expressed in its secretory insufficiency. With chronic pancreatitis, inflammation is steadily progressing.

The inflamed pancreas is unable to produce the right amount of digestive substances.

Pancreatic food can not be digested without enzymes, so the entire digestive tract does not work well with the inflammation of the gland, which affects the entire body.

Poor digestion of food leads to the appearance of unpleasant and painful symptoms associated with the work of the gastrointestinal tract:

• flatulence;
• abdominal pain;
• chair changes.

If you eat heavily digested food or overeat, the pancreas starts to work for wear, causing an exacerbation of the inflammation.

Why does the disease appear? Chronic pancreatitis, as a rule, is the result of incorrect, untimely or absent treatment of an acute form of inflammation of the gland.

In acute inflammation, part of the pancreas dies quickly, within a few hours.

Chronic inflammation is similar to embers. In this case, the focus of inflammation is constantly in the pancreas and at any time there may be signs of exacerbation.

Chronic pancreatitis can become worse if a person is in violation of the following instructions:

• non-compliance with diet;
• inadequate intake of medicines for the treatment of diseases not related to the pancreas.

For example, uncontrolled, without consulting a gastroenterologist taking medications for hypertension, it is easy to provoke an exacerbation of pancreatic inflammation.

Symptoms of exacerbation:

• pain, which eventually assumes a shingling character. In this case, the sensations in patients are different: sometimes the pain is almost imperceptible, and sometimes similar to the symptoms of acute pancreatitis;
• vomiting and nausea - symptoms of severe exacerbation;
• constipation or diarrhea is a sign of serious abnormalities in the work of the PJ.

Chronic pancreatitis gradually destroys the pancreas. A person with this diagnosis balances between exacerbations and remissions. Any violation of the regime can exacerbate.

Pancreatic destruction occurs during the period of exacerbations, so it is so important to be able to prolong the periods of remission.

By maintaining the right diet and taking care of your health, you can achieve the absence of exacerbations for decades. In this case, the destruction of the pancreas completely stops.

Drugs for the treatment of PJV

Treatment of exacerbations of chronic pancreatitis can be performed at home using the medications recommended by the doctor.

It is important to remember that treatment at home is possible only in cases when the attack is not accompanied by a pain syndrome.

Treatment of chronic pancreatitis in the acute stage should be comprehensive. Medicines are not taken arbitrarily, but by the doctor's prescription.

If, after overeating or eating disorders, there are minor symptoms of exacerbation, which indicate poor digestion of food - stool or tenesmus disorders( false urge to defecate), then enzymatic and antacid preparations can help relieve the attack.

Treatment of pancreatitis at home should start with taking Almagel or its analogues.

Preparations like Almagel cover the stomach with a film, thanks to which the pills taken from pancreatitis will not irritate the epithelium of the stomach. Antacid preparations should be taken half an hour before meals.

Directly with food take pills containing gastric and pancreatic enzymes.

Drugs of this type facilitate the work of the pancreas. This is Pancreatin, Mezim, Creon, and similar drugs.

How many Mezim or Pancreatin tablets should I take at a time?

Even with severe exacerbations at home, it is enough to take one or two tablets to significantly reduce or even remove the symptoms of pancreatic inflammation.

Some time after eating, they take probiotic medicines to restore the intestinal flora.

Why can not I do this right after eating? Because previously drunk Almagel neutralizes bacterial preparations, preventing them from being absorbed into the walls of the intestine, and treatment will not lead to the desired result.

How long does it take to take medication? Exactly as long as the attack of pancreatitis itself lasts.

At hospitalization the treatment of pancreatitis lasts from 5 to 10 days, depending on the condition of the patient. When the symptoms of exacerbation disappear, the medication is taken one or two more days for prevention.

Continue treatment longer, as it can lead to allergies or burning in the stomach. Probiotics( Linex and others) are drunk until the tenesmus stops.

Traditional medicine

To treat pancreatitis, performed at home, helped to stop an attack of the disease, you must drink a lot. You can drink ordinary water or brew tea from different herbs, such as chamomile or St. John's wort.

Herbal tea and hunger are the best cures for pancreatitis in the home.

Herbal teas can be drunk with honey or berry jam. Such a drink strengthens the whole body, but we must not forget that in the first years of the disease you need to be wary of sour and sweet.

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During an exacerbation it is necessary to observe a special diet. The menu in this period is made up of easily digestible products prepared by gentle methods.

The best dish for inflammation of the pancreas will be porridge on the water. Not all cereals are suitable for porridge. Porridge can be cooked from buckwheat, mango or rice.

With care, you need to approach oatmeal. The other types of cereals are unsuitable for feeding patients with chronic pancreatitis in the stage of exacerbation.

Soups cook only vegan. Meat fish and mushroom broths with exacerbation of pancreatitis are strictly prohibited.

The second dishes are prepared from lean fish or chicken fillets, which are boiled or steamed.

Bread should be stale - fresh yeast bread causes fermentation in the intestines. Vegetables and fruits are best used in boiled or baked form.

Cruciferous - cabbage, radish, radish - there is no. In the first and second dishes you can add a little cream or vegetable oil.

For the treatment of the pancreas, you can use oatmeal and mineral water, including them in a diet like regular drinks.

An important rule is to eat a little. Categorically it is impossible to transfer and load the pancreas, forcing it to digest hard-to-digest products. Without observing this rule, treatment at home will not help.

Can I do gymnastics with exacerbation of pancreatitis? A severe form of exacerbation requires adherence to bed rest.

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With light forms, you can do some physical exercises aimed at improving the performance of internal organs.

The main thing in this case is not to overload yourself. Gymnastics can be replaced by feasible manual labor, cleaning or washing the floors.

That's all the rules, how to act when exacerbating chronic pancreatitis. It is important to remember that with severe exacerbations, home treatment is not suitable, hospitalization is required.

Pancreatitis is a dangerous and insidious disease, and it is very important to be able to cope with it and understand what is happening at this time in the pancreas.