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Where is the pancreas? This question is asked by people who struggle with unexplained abdominal pain. The suspicion that pain radiates from the pancreas is worrying because it is an organ that plays an extremely important role in the human body. How to recognize the symptoms of pancreatic diseases? What diagnostic tests should be performed to assess the condition of the pancreas?
Pancreas – characteristics
The pancreas is a glandular organ with an irregular, elongated and flattened shape. The pancreas of a healthy person turns gray-pink. Adipose tissue often accumulates on the surface of the pancreas, which, on the one hand, smoothes its surface, and on the other, changes its color to slightly yellowish.
The pancreas in the human body performs two main functions: exocrine and endocrine. The exocrine function is the production of pancreatic juice, which is one of the digestive juices. The pancreas produces about 1 liter of pancreatic juice a day. Endocrine functions, on the other hand, are exercised by the Langerhans islands.
The task of the pancreas is to secrete digestive enzymes, including: pancreatic amylase, trypsinogen, chymotrypsinogen, elastase, pancreatic lipase, nuclease, cholesterol ester hydrolases and carboxypeptidase.
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The pancreas is located at the back of the abdomen, approximately at the level of the lumbar spine. Diagnosing where the pancreas hurts is not the hardest part. Pancreatic pain manifests itself in ailments within the epigastric region. This pain usually radiates towards the back and is blinding in nature. Pancreatic pain usually occurs around 30 minutes after eating a meal or drinking too much alcohol.
Pancreatic pain can be caused by a variety of factors and disease states. Most often attention is paid to:
- acute pancreatitis,
- chronic pancreatitis,
- cysts on the pancreas,
- pancreatic cancer,
- pancreatic calcification,
- reaction of the pancreas to alcohol.
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Abdominal pain is the most frequently mentioned symptom of pancreatic diseases. The set of symptoms differs depending on the discussed disease entity.
- Acute pancreatitis – sudden and severe abdominal pain radiating to your back, nausea, vomiting, fever, tight and swollen abdomen, disturbance of consciousness, jaundice and tachycardia.
- Chronic pancreatitis – recurrent abdominal pain, bloating, fatty diarrhea, vomiting, weight loss, itching of the skin, increased blood glucose levels, and in advanced cases, diabetes mellitus.
- Cysts on the pancreas – pain in the upper abdomen and a symptom identical to chronic pancreatitis.
- Pancreatic cancer – acute and very severe abdominal pain, jaundice, excessive secretion of insulin into the blood, lack of appetite, nausea, vomiting, periodic constipation, thrombophlebitis and general weakness and a significant loss of weight.
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Diagnostics of pancreatic pain
Pancreatic pain should not be ignored. In order to diagnose pancreatic ailments, laboratory tests are performed to determine the activity of pancreatic enzymes. In the diagnosis of pancreatic diseases, tests such as ultrasound, computed tomography with contrast or magnetic resonance are also used. The test that is used in the assessment of pancreatic pain is also ERCP, thanks to which you can check the condition of the pancreatic ducts.
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