What are the symptoms of pancreatitis in men?

Symptoms of pancreatitis in men can be varied and depend on the stage of the disease.

From the article you will learn the causes and signs of chronic and acute pancreatitis, as well as the most effective means of treating this disease.

Features of

disease Pancreatitis is an inflammation of the pancreas. This organ is located between the stomach and duodenum and performs two important functions for the normal functioning of the body.

First, the enzymes released by the pancreas are needed to digest carbohydrates, proteins and fats. Secondly, the pancreas is responsible for the production of insulin and glucagon.

With its pathologies, the level of these hormones decreases, which can lead to various pathologies, for example, diabetes mellitus.

In case of illness, the hormones secreted by the organ do not have time to enter the duodenum and are activated in the pancreas itself.

This leads to damage to her tissues: swelling, bleeding, deformity or death of blood vessels.

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The causes of pancreatitis are quite diverse. In some cases, they are associated with internal pathologies of the body, for example, gallstones, which block the release of hormones from the pancreas, the presence of tumors in the body, or because of genetic abnormalities in the structure of the organ.

Often, the disease is caused by external factors: the use of drugs harmful to the pancreas, alcohol. Alcoholic pancreatitis is one of the most common types of disease among men.

Regardless of the cause of the illness, the form of the flow has only two forms - acute and chronic. Men are more often sick with acute form, due to bad habits.

In most cases, the disease is caused by a systematic intake of alcohol, but it can also be caused by trauma, cholelithiasis, genetic and autoimmune disorders, pancreatic pathologies, medications and other causes.

In some cases it is not possible to establish exactly why a person has started an attack, even doctors can not.

The acute type of the disease is divided into three types: light, medium and heavy, depending on the brightness of the symptoms and the degree of damage to the pancreas.

With a mild form, the pathology of the organ is absent, the recovery period is short, with the severe form of the disease, the pancreas, and sometimes neighboring organs, is disrupted, the person needs a long recovery and medical help.

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If nothing is done, then the acute form of the disease will go to the chronic one.

The acute form of the disease is very dangerous, because it leads to irreversible changes in the tissues of the organ and to serious disturbances in its work.

As with the acute form, the causes of the development of chronic pancreatitis of men are most often found in the systematic abuse of alcohol.

To develop inflammation of the pancreas can at a fairly young age - 30 - 40 years. The risk of its occurrence increases after several episodes of an acute attack of the disease.

How is pancreatitis diagnosed?

Symptoms of acute and chronic pancreatitis differ from each other. In this case, the symptoms in the acute form of the disease are much more pronounced and visible to the person.

The most important symptom, characteristic of both forms of the disease, is abdominal pain. Usually it hurts in the left hypochondrium, but unpleasant sensations can spread to other parts of the body: the center of the abdomen and back, the left shoulder blade.

In chronic course, the pain can be very long - up to several days, but, as a rule, it is dull and not accompanied by other symptoms.

Usually spasm in the pancreatic region appears after eating, especially after fatty foods or drinking alcohol.

With an acute attack of the disease, the pain is much stronger, it can appear suddenly, i.e., is not caused by food intake and other external factors.

In addition to strong unpleasant sensations in the peritoneum, a person with acute pancreatitis can begin fever, vomiting, nausea, excessive sweating, palpitations, jumps of blood pressure.

Since the pancreas plays an important role in the digestive process, changes in its functioning and tissues cause characteristic symptoms: flatulence, indigestion, diarrhea, or, conversely, constipation.

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With advanced chronic pancreatitis, a person develops jaundice that spreads not only to the skin, but also to the whites of the eyes.

In acute pancreatitis, the patient's stool usually acquires a foamy consistency with a clay shade.

Also a characteristic sign of the disease are cyanotic rashes on the skin: they are usually localized near the navel and at the waist.

In the inguinal region, men may also have spots, they usually have a greenish-blue hue.

Symptoms of chronic pancreatitis have the property of intensifying and appearing more often as the disease progresses.

In the late stages of the disease, signs of pancreatitis can easily be confused with symptoms of pancreatic cancer.

In chronic pancreatitis, especially in severe form, often there are seizures - they are easily confused with the acute form of the disease, because they are very intense and painful.

Pancreatitis caused by alcohol consumption, which affects most men with this diagnosis, may not manifest itself for several years, but the first symptoms will immediately be very severe and can be taken for an attack of acute pancreatitis.

Among the most characteristic symptoms that appear in the chronic form of the disease are digestive disorders, blunt abdominal pain lasting from a couple of hours to several days, weight loss.

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Weight loss is already a serious symptom of advanced chronic pancreatitis, because it is due to a lack of enzymes, which the pancreas can no longer allocate in sufficient quantities. Because of this, food is worse digested and absorbed by the body.

In the later stages of chronic pancreatitis, men often develop diabetes mellitus, jaundice, the stool becomes fat and oily, with a very sharp odor.

Often you can see the remains of undigested food. Often patients with pancreatitis suffer from nervous disorders such as sleep disorders, apathy, fatigue, irritability, etc.

Methods of treatment of

disease Treatment of chronic and acute pancreatitis will be almost identical. Depending on the degree of organ damage and the severity of the symptoms, it can be carried out both in a stationary and at home.

Doctors resort to surgical treatment of pancreatitis very rarely, as a rule, conservative treatment with medicines is chosen, even with a neglected form of the disease.

The first thing that therapy is directed at pancreatitis is to reduce the secretion of gastric juice. This will facilitate not only the work of the pancreas, but will also remove many unpleasant symptoms and signs of the disease.

For the normalization of secretion, the most commonly used drugs are "Omeprazole", "Zerocide", "Lokit", "Famotidine", etc.

Since pain during exacerbation of chronic pancreatitis or in acute attacks are very severe, the patient is often prescribedTaking antispasmodics, which help to relax the muscles of the organ and relieve spasm.

For this, you can use any common painkillers: Drotaverin, No-shp, Spazmol, etc.

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After the symptoms of pancreatitis are alleviated, the patient is given a restorative treatment aimed at normalizing the pancreas.

To do this, there are enzyme preparations - they fight with secretory dysfunction of the stomach, improve digestion and restore the pancreas.

Among the most commonly prescribed enzyme preparations are Allochol, Pancreatin, Tagestal, and Enzistal.

Because the dysfunction in the pancreas is due to the fact that hormones do not have time to leave the body and injure it, it is not uncommon for the restoration of its work to prescribe drugs that hinder this process.

In the treatment of both chronic and acute pancreatitis, it is important not only drug treatment, but also additional measures.

It is very important to avoid all harmful factors that injure the pancreas, especially alcohol.

A person suffering from pancreatitis, regardless of his stage and form, should give up fatty and spicy food.

Because complete relief from chronic pancreatitis do not exist, will always have to follow a diet to avoid further destruction of the pancreas.

In the absence of treatment of chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic tissues completely change the structure and begin to die.

In this case, the person needs surgery, during which the doctor will remove the organ completely or partially.

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addition pancreatitis, often have to be treated and diseases caused by them, such as diabetes.

This also needs to be done only under the supervision of a doctor. Since in chronic pancreatitis, useful substances from food are poorly absorbed by the body, a person must take them separately to maintain balance in the body.

Pancreatitis - a disease that not only has the unpleasant symptoms, but can lead to serious consequences and even death of the patient.

That's why it's absolutely necessary to consult a doctor, observing even the initial signs of this disease.

the early stages of pancreatitis treated quickly and successfully, and a proper diet and lifestyle will help prevent the recurrence of attack.