Acute pancreatitis, perhaps we have heard of it to a greater or lesser extent in our lives.
But its harm, perhaps many people do not realize.
The 27-year-old Internet celebrity suffered from acute pancreatitis and eventually died of ineffective rescue
On February 26, the 27-year-old Internet celebrity Tang Acne was exposed to death, and his friend announced the bad news on social platforms, telling the public that he died suddenly due to acute pancreatitis.
It is reported that Tang Pimple is a well-known Internet celebrity on a food platform, often sharing his daily life with his grandparents on the platform, and a week before his death, he also updated videos on his platform.
According to friends, Tang Pimple always had a fever before he died, but he did not take it seriously, in the video released on February 13, he told his grandparents that he always had a fever, and he kept rubbing his eyes with his hands at that time, looking like he had no energy.
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Acute pancreatitis, really can not be ignored
In fact, pancreatitis can be divided into acute, chronic, biliary and other types, of which biliary origin accounts for the highest proportion, acute mostly occurs in middle-aged men, the overall prevalence in the mainland is 4.8 to 24/100,000, the case fatality rate is about 5%.
Chronic ones are also more likely to occur in men, with a prevalence of about 13/100,000 in mainland China and increasing year by year, with a case fatality rate of about 3.6/100,000.
Acute pancreatitis is a very dangerous disease, which not only causes distance pain problems, but also mild acute pancreatitis can damage the pancreas and adjacent parts.
If the condition is severe, there will also be persistent multi-organ failure and severe infection, and the mortality rate can exceed 30%.
Why does this small organ have inflammation and a mortality rate so high?
This is due to the fact that the pancreas is located deep in the abdominal cavity, although it is not large but hidden very deep, mainly used to secrete food for digestion. The pancreas, on the other hand, produces pancreatic juice and secretes digestive enzymes that target sugars, fats, and proteins.
Most of these pancreatic enzymes are in an inactive state when secreted, and if they are activated in advance for some reason, the pancreatic juice will leak to the pancreas or the outside of the catheter, which is corrosive and has strong damage to various organs in the abdominal cavity.
If acute pancreatitis worsens, the inflammatory response of the whole body will also be activated, and the entire circulatory system and organs far away from the pancreas will also suffer damage, at which time the human body will have high fever, shock, hemorrhagic necrosis and kidney failure.
What are the symptoms of pancreatitis?
First, abdominal pain
Abdominal pain is one of the main symptoms of the disease, and acute ones often occur after a full meal or alcohol consumption, mainly manifested by severe pain in the abdomen.
The nature of the pain is colic, dull pain, knife cut pain, or drill pain, mostly located in the middle left upper quadrant, sometimes the whole abdomen is also painful, and some patients may also have stomach pain.
Chronic often in the drinking, eating greasy food after the attack, the pain is mainly located in the middle or left of the upper abdomen, mainly manifested as vague pain, can last for a few hours to a few days, after which the number and duration of pain will gradually increase, the pain is more intense, and sometimes compression can also produce pain.
Second, bloating
People with this disease also have symptoms of bloating, which is often accompanied by abdominal pain, and when the retroperitoneal inflammation is severe, the bloating will be more pronounced, and may even stop defecating and venting.
The main manifestation of chronic disease is abdominal fullness, such as anorexia, anorexia and greasy food.
Third, nausea and vomiting
When the disease first occurs, patients will have symptoms such as nausea and vomiting.
Among them, vomiting is often more intense, and most of the vomit is food, and occasionally may spit out coffee-colored substances, and after the patient vomits, abdominal pain cannot be relieved.
In daily life, how can we prevent pancreatitis?
So far, the pathogenesis of acute pancreatitis has not been clearly studied, but medicine generally believes that the lifestyle is also closely related to pancreatitis, such as "overeating" and "gallstones".
As a dangerous disease, we need to adopt a healthy lifestyle in daily life, and a regular, balanced diet is an important way to prevent it, while avoiding significant risk factors and reducing the risk of pancreatitis.
For ordinary you and me, this is the most real.
bibliography:
[1] Steven D Freedman, MD, PhD. Overview of complications of chronic pancreatitis.
[2] Zhao Yongsheng, Li Xinxin, Kong Lingxue, Kou Jiaqi, Zhao Qinghua, Ren Weizheng, He Lei. Risk of death in elderly patients with severe acute pancreatitis[J].Chinese Journal of Geriatric Multi-Organ Diseases,2021,20(06):406-409.