The pancreas is a gland of the human body. It can be divided into four parts: the pancreatic head, the neck, the pancreatic body, and the tail of the pancreas. The pancreas is divided into two parts: exocrine and endocrine. The exocrine gland is composed of acinars and gland duct

pancreas is a gland of the human body. From anatomy , it can be divided into four parts: pancreatic head, pancreatic neck, pancreatic body, and pancreatic tail. The pancreas is divided into exocrine and endocrine parts. exocrine gland consists of acinars and gland ducts. Acinars secrete pancreatic juice . The gland duct is the channel for pancreatic juice excretion, and pancreatic juice contains sodium bicarbonate, trypsinogen, lipase, amylase, etc.

Pancreatic juice is discharged into the duodenum through the pancreatic tube, which has the effect of digesting protein , fat and sugar. endocrine gland is composed of pancreatic islets of different sizes. The islets are mainly composed of four types of cells: α cells, β cells, D cells, and PP cells. Among them, we are familiar with: α cells secrete glucagon , increase blood sugar , and β cells secrete insulin , lower blood sugar.

Why does pancreatitis cause unbearable abdominal pain? Reminder: Three symptoms appear after drinking, or are related to pancreatitis. Patients with acute pancreatitis often have severe abdominal pain symptoms, which increases pancreatic juice secretion and becomes poor, resulting in swelling and pulling the nerve plexus. In addition, acute pancreatic edema, frequent bloating, pancreatic duct blockage, gallbladder disease, etc. can also cause symptoms of abdominal pain.

Some people especially like to eat buffets. They always feel that eating more can make a profit. However, suddenly increasing the amount of food consumed, overeating may induce acute pancreatitis. At this time, patients often feel severe abdominal pain symptoms, and they will feel restless and in great pain at this time. So why does pancreatitis cause abdominal pain?

. Poor pancreatic juice excretion: When acute pancreatitis occurs, the patient's pancreas secrete more pancreatic juice, but due to various reasons, the pancreas cannot be discharged smoothly from the intestinal cavity. In this way, the pancreas digests itself, and the increase in pancreatic juice will also cause swelling of the envelope, which will cause symptoms of abdominal pain.

. Retraction plexus: The human body has rich nerves in the peritoneum. When the nerves are stimulated, symptoms of abdominal pain will occur. The pancreatic juice secreted by pancreatitis patients increases, and they cannot be discharged smoothly. When a envelope mass appears, it will compress or pull the nerve plexus behind the peritoneum, which will cause severe pain, and will also be accompanied by symptoms of back pain.

3. Acute pancreatic edema: When acute pancreatitis occurs, the patient's pancreatic tissue will experience acute edema and bleeding. At this time, inflammatory stimulation will affect the nerve endings, so obvious symptoms of abdominal pain will appear.

4, Intestinal flatulence : Pancreatitis and diseases often affect surrounding tissues, especially intestinal tract. There is often too much gas in the patient's intestines. Intestinal flatulence can cause abdominal pain, abdominal distension and other discomfort symptoms. If you can exhaust and defecate, the symptoms of abdominal pain can be relieved to a certain extent.

5. Pancreatic duct blockage: When pancreatitis occurs, the pancreatic juice will increase, and the pancreatic juice will become more primitive, which may block the pancreatic duct and severe abdominal pain will appear.

6. Gallbladder disease: Many pancreatitis diseases now belong to gallbladder pancreatitis . Pancreatitis patients are often accompanied by gallbladder diseases, such as cholecystitis, gallstones , etc. These diseases may cause the bile duct to be blocked, and at this time, there will be bile and pancreatic juice backflow. Stimulation of bile and pancreatic juice will cause symptoms of abdominal pain.

Reminder: There are 3 symptoms after drinking, or related to pancreatitis

, abdominal distension, severe abdominal pain: suddenly occur after eating full or drinking, the abdominal pain is located above the navel, and in severe cases, it is severe and unbearable, showing persistent dull pain or knife-like pain, which can radiate to the ribs and arms.

. Fever: Patients with mild acute pancreatitis have normal or low fever (<38℃),> have early low fever (<38℃)>

3. Nausea, vomiting, shock : In the early stage of pancreatitis, patients have frequent and severe nausea and vomiting, and they often mistakenly think that it is caused by gastrointestinal discomfort or food poisoning , delaying treatment. Some patients may also experience shock, and even fail in multiple organs such as kidneys and lungs, which is in critical condition.

How to maintain pancreatic health in life?

The method to protect the health of the pancreas is to have regular physical examinations, develop good living habits, and deal with chronic diseases that may cause pancreatic diseases in a timely manner.

. Regular physical examination: Pancreatic cancer is not easy to be detected in the early stage, and is also easily misdiagnosed as a common stomach disease. Therefore, the general population can have regular physical examinations once a year. The earlier the detection, the more conducive it is to prevent and treat pancreatic diseases and maintain the healthy state of the pancreas.

. Develop good living habits: overeating, smoking and drinking, staying up late, eating high-greasy foods for a long time, etc. will bring burden to the pancreas and even cause irreversible damage. Therefore, paying attention to a balanced diet, quitting smoking and drinking, and regular routines is not only beneficial to physical health, but also to protect the cells of the pancreas and enhance the normal function of the pancreas.

3. Timely deal with chronic diseases that may cause pancreatic diseases: hyperlipidemia, diabetes , biliary system diseases, etc. can cause pancreatic juice reflux, damage to pancreatic islet cells, etc., so timely control and actively treat such diseases can prevent pancreatic complications and protect the health of the pancreas.