What does the pancreas do

I believe that everyone has heard more or less about the severity of pancreatitis in life, and that people around them may also experience pancreatic pain. Although the pancreas is the second largest digestive organ in the human body, people without relevant medical knowledge are not very clear about the location of the pancreas. Therefore, when the pancreas becomes diseased, it cannot be detected immediately. The following is an introduction to the functions and location of the pancreas.

First of all, we need to understand that the pancreas is one of the main digestive glands in our human digestive system. It can secrete insulin and glucagon, and has the function of digesting protein, fat and sugar. It is an exocrine part that mainly secretes insulin. Its main function is to neutralize gastric acid and digest sugar, protein and fat. In addition to the above effects and functions, first-line can also promote the synthesis of liver glycogen and muscle glycogen, while promoting the entry of glucose into muscle and adipose tissue cells, activating glucose kinase, generating 6-phosphate glucose and inhibiting gluconeogenesis.

Prevention of Pancreatic Diseases:

In daily life, even if you are on the front line and have no problems, you should go to the hospital regularly for B-ultrasound, CT or service film examinations. If the examination is more comprehensive, you can also perform pancreatic cholangiography. At the same time, you should actively treat the primary disease to avoid directly inducing pancreatic diseases. For example, patients with stones should undergo surgery or conservative treatment as soon as possible, and patients with cholecystitis and cholangitis should receive adequate anti-inflammatory treatment in time; secondly, try to drink less alcohol in life, especially for high-proof liquor, you must drink less; remember not to overeat, especially for high-fat and high-protein foods; pay more attention to physical exercise, improve your own disease resistance, and treat as soon as possible, infectious diseases that may be complicated by acute pancreatitis; patients with high blood lipids need to lower blood lipids and actively prevent arteriosclerosis; avoid abusing drugs.

Symptoms of acute pancreatitis:

Patients with acute pancreatitis are divided into two categories: edematous necrosis and hemorrhagic necrosis. Patients with edematous necrosis mainly experience sudden severe upper abdominal pain after overeating, which is relieved within one week after treatment. A small number of patients with hemorrhagic necrosis acute pancreatitis will eventually die suddenly due to respiratory failure, with a mortality rate as high as 40%.