What to do with pancreatitis and constipation

Pancreatic diseases are relatively common clinically. When there are pancreatic diseases in the body, they will also affect other organs of the body and even cause many complications. Pancreatitis is also a common pancreatic disease in clinical practice. When there is pancreatitis in the body, there will be more obvious symptoms, such as constipation. So what should we do if we have constipation caused by pancreatitis?

1. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment

Because the pancreatic duct intersects with the duodenum, pancreatic diseases sometimes manifest as gastrointestinal symptoms. This is normal. In your case, since you have received detailed treatment for pancreatitis, but you still have symptoms of constipation, I recommend taking the Chinese medicine Huanglian Shangqing Pills orally for temporary treatment of constipation. Once the pancreatitis is cured, the symptoms will naturally disappear.

2. Daily Diet

Eat more fresh fruits and vegetables and foods rich in fiber, such as oats, buckwheat, sweet potatoes, konjac flour, celery, cornmeal, etc. Drink a glass of light salt water after getting up every morning, and do not eat spicy and irritating foods. During the recovery period of pancreatitis, you should pay attention to quitting smoking and drinking, eating a light and low-fat diet, avoiding overeating, and exercising moderately. It is recommended to eat more vegetables, fruits and drink more water. Laxatives can be used if necessary.

3. Hospitalization

Pancreatitis is mainly caused by the backflow of pancreatic juice and bile into the pancreas due to bile duct obstruction, which causes the pancreas to digest itself, resulting in some symptoms. It usually occurs at night after eating greasy food or drinking a lot of alcohol. It is an acute and serious disease, and severe pancreatitis may be life-threatening. The treatment is mainly to inhibit pancreatic juice secretion, including fasting and drinking and some drug inhibition, as well as to prevent infection, relieve spasms and relieve pain. Pancreatitis is not actually an inflammation in the traditional sense, and it is not a bacterial infection in the early stages. This is a comprehensive treatment and cannot be cured by any one medicine. Hospitalization must be considered.

3. Others

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the main causes of this disease are improper eating and drinking, internal disturbance by ascaris, the six exogenous evils and internal injuries by the seven emotions. The key points of the pathogenesis are dysfunction of the liver, gallbladder, spleen and stomach, which lead to liver depression and qi stagnation, accumulation of dampness and heat, poor discharge of qi in the middle burner, and obstruction of visceral qi. Constipation is caused by obstruction of intestinal qi, which is caused by accumulation of dampness and heat and stagnation of qi. Therefore, after an acute onset of the disease, the treatment method is to regulate qi and remove stagnation, clear away dampness and heat, and open up the interior and attack the lower part. After taking the medicine, the patient will be able to defecate, the intestinal qi will be unblocked, the stagnation of qi, dampness and heat will be dispersed, and the condition will naturally improve. Therefore, it is particularly meaningful for patients with acute pancreatitis to keep their bowel movements unobstructed.