Fatty infiltration of the pancreas: treatment of fibrotic fat changes
Fatty degeneration involves the replacement of normal pancreatic cells with fat. The process is irreversible. Symptoms of the disease usually occur secretly. The treatment is aimed at restraining obesity and eliminating the causes that cause it.
Fatty infiltration of the prostate is closely related to a disease such as fatty liver hepatosis.
Causes of
Changes in the cellular composition of the prostate, expressed in the deposition of fat, are due to a metabolic disorder. Dying cells of the prostate are replaced by fatty cells - in this way the body retains the physical integrity of the gland. Most often this disease is detected in the following cases:
- there is chronic or acute pancreatitis;
- improper treatment of inflammation of the pancreas;
- alcohol abuse;
- Failure to follow a diet for diagnosed pancreatitis;
- present hepatic disease of the liver;
- general obesity of the patient;
- genetic predisposition.
The most common obesity of the prostate and liver hepatosis occur in the elderly. For example, a liver up to the age of 40 can independently cope with the available loads, however, after this age, its internal reserves end.
Symptoms of
The initial stages of the disease do not manifest themselves in any way. If the fat tissue changes are located in different parts of the pancreas, they do not squeeze it and do not violate the functionality and that is why they can go unnoticed for a long time. A slight fatigue, dry mouth, the formation of sores on the oral mucosa may be the only signs of beginning fatty infiltration.
At further stages of the disease develop more severe symptoms:
- nausea, vomiting, diarrhea;
- blunt pains shingles with the beginning in the right hypochondrium - simultaneously with obesity of the prostate begins to manifest hepatosis of the liver;
- flatulence.
In exceptional cases, the patient may begin to lose weight, itchy skin, severe pain in the peritoneum.
Fatty infiltration of the pancreas is a secretive disease in which changes occur in the normal tissues of the organ and the formation of fibro-fat cells.
Stages and Diagnosis of the Disease
It is accepted to isolate 3 degrees of obesity of the prostate:
- Changes affect no more than 30% of the gland cells.
- Fat cells make up 30 to 60% of the body tissues.
- More than 60% of the cells are fat.
However, this classification does not determine the severity of the disease. The true picture depends on the location, as well as the crowding of the fat deposits.
Pancreas ultrasound is the most reliable way to diagnose fatty infiltration( lipodystrophy) of the organ. Changes do not affect the shape and size of the pancreas. Only its echogenicity changes, which indicates the existing pathology.
Anti-Fat Therapy
The prescribed treatment will be most effective if the true cause of the disease is identified and possibly eliminated. If it is fatty liver hepatosis, then its therapy is also necessary, for example, good results give us the drug "Hepatosan".This will reduce the burden on the pancreas and stop the death of its cells.
The treatment for fat infiltration is carried out in two ways:
- Conservative therapy is based on the observance of a sparing diet, refusal of alcohol, fractional food in small portions, the appointment of enzymes and insulin;
- surgery - used if there are changes in the tissues of the prostate at the level of 3 degrees of infiltration, consists in cutting out the fat from the prostate, is a complex operation.
Since the process of lipodystrophy is irreversible, the patient is under the constant supervision of the attending physician with the obligatory examination twice a year. This applies to the entire abdominal cavity, because obesity of the pancreas can provoke diseases of neighboring organs, for example, causing hepatic liver.
Why treat obesity with the pancreas?
Fatty changes in the tissues of the pancreas can lead to a complete suppression of its functions - the production of insulin, glucagon and pancreatic juice. The worse it performs its role in the body of the prostate, the greater the burden of testing the nearby organs and the entire digestive system.
Obesity of the pancreas is closely related to the state of health of other organs of the digestive tract. The appearance of lipodystrophy of the prostate gland is strongly influenced by the developed fatty liver hepatosis, therefore complex treatment of these diseases will have the greatest effectiveness.
Diet, rejection of bad habits and adherence to doctor's recommendations - this is the guarantee of minimization of fatty deposits in the pancreas.
