Xiao Li is 36 years old this year, usually socializes a lot, and basically does not return home on time after work. Yesterday, I had dinner with my colleagues after work, but I was a little late for a while.
Just arrived, he was coaxed by colleagues to pour two bottles of beer, two bottles of beer is not worth mentioning to Xiao Li, his usual amount of alcohol is very good. But this time there was an abnormality, after drinking, Xiao Li felt unbearable abdominal pain and could not stand up straight.
After the colleagues around them found out, they immediately sent Xiao Li to the hospital with others, and after some examination, the doctor told Xiao Li that he was suffering from acute pancreatitis, and the cause of acute pancreatitis was alcoholism!
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="25" > Why does drinking alcohol cause pancreatitis? </h1>
Alcohol will bring great irritation to the pancreas, and long-term drinking of large amounts of alcohol is very easy to induce the emergence of pancreatitis. Pancreatitis is divided into acute and chronic, and both have a lot to do with alcohol consumption.
Long-term intake of a large amount of alcohol will lead to an increase in the protein content of the pancreatic fluid, so that the pancreatic duct will be blocked, resulting in impaired normal function of the pancreas, which will form pancreatitis in the long run.
Drinking a lot of alcohol in the short term will lead to strong pancreatic secretion, especially some people will vomit after drinking, which will lead to reflux of duodenal fluid, which will induce acute pancreatitis.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="25" > in addition to drinking alcohol, pancreatitis can also be caused by these 3 causes:</h1>
· Overeating
Overeating will lead to excessive secretion of pancreatic juice in a short period of time, and these pancreatic juices cannot be discharged in time after secretion and will accumulate in the pancreatic duct, increasing the pressure on the pancreatic duct. When the pancreatic duct cannot withstand excess pancreatic juice, it will gradually overflow and induce acute pancreatitis.
· Infectious factors
Acute pancreatitis can cause various bacterial and viral infections, such as adenovirus, hepatitis A virus, etc. Viruses or bacteria enter the pancreatic tissue through the blood and lymph, which in turn induce pancreatitis.
In general, this type of infection is mostly simple edematous pancreatitis, and fewer patients have hemorrhagic necrotizing pancreatitis.
· Diseases of the biliary tract
People who have biliary tract diseases have a high probability of developing pancreatitis, which in turn has the highest prevalence of gallstones. This is due to the fact that some small stones are difficult to find through medical means, and these stones can persist in the bile ducts for a long time.
In the long run, it will affect the normal function of the pancreas and eventually induce pancreatitis. In addition to gallstones, a number of other biliary tract diseases, such as biliary roundworms, can also lead to an increased chance of developing pancreatitis.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="25" > these 3 signals appear after drinking, it is the pancreas that is "asking for help"</h1>
1. Severe abdominal pain
Severe abdominal pain occurs after drinking alcohol, usually suddenly. The pain is located in the middle or left of the upper abdomen, usually a knife-like continuous pain, and the pain also radiates to the back.
2. Flatulence
Pancreatitis can lead to intestinal paralysis, intestinal paralysis will cause the gas in the intestine to be difficult to excrete, which will lead to the accumulation of gas in the body, and too much gas accumulation in the body will lead to abdominal flatulence, especially after drinking, the phenomenon of flatulence will be more obvious.
3. Fever
When inflammation is present in the body, it can cause the body to heat up. The same is true for pancreatitis, which most people with pancreatitis have a high body temperature of 38 °C and above, and generally have persistent fever.
Although alcohol stimulates blood vessels and causes body temperature to rise after drinking alcohol, the body temperature is generally not too high and lasts for a short time. If you experience persistent heat after drinking and your body is scalding hot, be alert to pancreatitis.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="25" > acute pancreatitis: a dangerous and expensive disease</h1>
Acute pancreatitis is the most common disease of the pancreas in the world, which is an acute inflammatory and cellular damage process of the pancreas, which affects nearby tissues and organ systems to varying degrees depending on the severity of the disease.
Clinically, it is divided into mild, moderate and severe acute pancreatitis, the latter two are extremely dangerous, especially severe acute pancreatitis. Once the disease occurs, most of them need to be admitted to the ICU, which is more than 20,000 yuan per day.
In this case, it is not necessarily possible to save it, and it is likely that it will be empty in the end. Patients with mild diseases will generally take a combination of supportive therapy, inhibition of pancreatic secretion, antibiotics, and inhibition of pancreatic enzyme activity in the clinic, and some patients need to be injected for pain relief if the pain is serious.
On the basis of the above treatment methods, patients with moderate and severe diseases will also be combined with surgery and endoscopic surgery for comprehensive treatment.
As we can know from the above, acute pancreatitis is very dangerous. If you want to prevent in life, you must maintain healthy habits, quit smoking and alcohol, do not overeat, and maintain good eating and living habits.
Some patients with biliary diseases and diabetes should actively treat the primary disease and avoid pancreatitis as much as possible. #Rumor Zero Plan ##39健康超能团 #
Resources:
[1] "People who like to drink, pay attention to pancreatic health, if these 6 signals appear, don't drink". Health & Wellness Network.2021.4.1
[2] "If all four manifestations of drunkenness occur, they may be advanced pancreatic cancer". Zhonghai Traditional Chinese Medicine Cancer Hospital.2020.8.27
[3] Acute Pancreatitis: A Dangerous and Expensive Disease. Beijing University of Chinese Medicine.2020.8.17
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