The pancreas is a gland located below the stomach, elongated in shape, weighing about 70 g, with both an external (exocrine) secretion necessary for digestion and an internal (endocrine) secretion necessary in regulating blood sugar levels.
When the pancreas is sick, it becomes like an "atomic bomb" for the body. The spleen doubles in size and hurts. On ultrasound, it is not observed that the pancreas is sick. Pancreatic tumors are very dangerous because they do not heal easily. Pancreatic diseases include:
* Acute pancreatitis – with pain in the epigastric region, abdominal swelling (acute abdomen) due to inflammation of the bile ducts or alcoholism. If intestinal motility is blocked, surgery is necessary.
Hemorrhagic pancreatitis, occurring in obese individuals following a heavy meal (can lead to death) or due to infectious diseases (mumps).
* Chronic pancreatitis is caused by a partial obstruction of the Wirsung duct (stones, sarcomas), with white and greasy feces, undigested meat residues, diarrhea, etc.
* Pancreatic tumors: cancer, syphilis, tuberculosis, etc.
* Diabetes mellitus characterized by the body's inability to use sugar (carbohydrates), leading to increased blood sugar, which is eliminated in the urine (glycosuria). The primary role in carbohydrate metabolism is played by the pancreatic hormone called insulin.
Inflammation of the pancreas, or pancreatitis, is probably the most common disease of this organ. Dysfunction can be limited to a single or multiple repeated episodes or it can become a chronic disease. There are many factors associated with pancreatitis, including direct injuries, certain drugs, viral infections, hereditary diseases, and congenital abnormalities of a system.
The most common symptoms of pancreatic cancer are abdominal pain, often radiating to the back, and weight loss. Diagnosis is often made by computerized tomography, and diagnosis is often strengthened by biopsy.
The gallbladder (or gallbladder) is a small sac located just below the liver, responsible for storing bile secreted by the liver.
The liver and gallbladder are affected, especially by fatty foods, excess meat, but especially by stress and emotional imbalances.
Many of the disorders of the liver and gallbladder are not based on organic changes or diseases, but rather functional disorders such as biliary dyskinesia, anarchy contractions, delayed and incomplete emptying, hepatic steatosis, or intoxicated liver. These imbalances can cause multiple disorders in the body, such as nausea, vomiting, feeling of heavy head, insomnia, blurred vision, dizziness, palpitations, stomach burning, constipation, varicose veins, hemorrhoids, and psychologically - nervous outbursts or, in some cases, melancholy and even depression and panic attacks.
Liver and gallbladder disorders also have implications for other organs such as the stomach, colon, endocrine glands, leading to conditions such as gastritis, colitis, pancreatitis, or thyroid dysfunction.
Acute and chronic non-lithiatic cholecystitis: Cholecystitis is inflammation of the gallbladder and, in most cases, is caused by microbial infections with colibacillus, proteus bacillus, typhoid bacillus, dysentery, colibacillus, enterococci, streptococci, etc. They cause an inflammatory process in the gallbladder. Acute non-lithiatic cholecystitis is manifested by pain in the right hypochondrium, nausea, vomiting, sometimes peritoneal reaction, aerocoly or signs of pseudo-intestinal occlusion, fever, and chills. It is more common in people over 50 years old. It can have several forms - catarrhal, suppurative, gangrenous, hemorrhagic. Chronic non-lithiatic cholecystitis is more common in women. Giardiasis, hyperfolliculism, dyspeptic disorders can trigger or maintain the inflammatory process. Symptoms: discomfort and pain in the right hypochondrium, with or without a connection to diet, nausea, bloating after meals, bilious vomiting, irritable colon disorders.
Diet plays an important role in the treatment of cholecystitis: soups, sauces, fried foods, irritating spices (pepper, mustard, garlic, salt), mayonnaise, canned meats, fats, egg pastries (cake, pound cake), hard-boiled eggs, excess raw vegetables, cakes with cream or chocolate that can cause violent vesicular contractions, infundibulo-cystic spasms and can maintain gastro-duodenitis or enterocolitis, favoring dyskinesia and vesicular infection.
Gallstone disease: The disease is also called gallstones or calcareous cholecystitis because gallstones develop in the intrahepatic or extrahepatic bile ducts. The disease is more common in women, especially over 40 years of age. In general, it is observed more in those who abuse fats and have a favorable genetic predisposition for this condition. Most of these patients also suffer from constipation or lead a sedentary life and are more sluggish.
Initially, the symptoms are absent or very mild, such as bloating, vague pain in the right hypochondrium, and a series of intestinal disorders consisting of constipation or diarrhea. If severe pain occurs, it means that the stone has started to move (migrate) or is stuck, and then the bladder contracts spasmodically and produces pain. The pains are very intense, with a biliary colic aspect and, from the right hypochondrium or epigastric area, where they occur, tend to radiate to the back and right shoulder. The pains are often accompanied by diarrhea after meals, bilious vomiting, subicterus or even jaundice and sometimes a febrile state.
If the stone is right at the level of the cystic duct, biliary colic is prolonged and will repeat at short intervals, and when it is in the common bile duct, the disease is constantly accompanied by pain, jaundice, fever. In rare cases, it can complicate with perforation of the gallbladder, peritonitis, pancreatitis, hydrocholecyst, hemocholecyst, etc.
The dietary regimen in the treatment of gallstone disease will consist, in the first phase, only of teas, fruit or vegetable juices, and later vegetable soups, compotes, etc. Outside of crises, the diet will be without sauces, fats, fried foods, chocolate, alcohol, tobacco.
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