Pancreatitis can be caused by stress as emotional stress excites your vagus nerve which connects your brain with your stomach and causes your stomach to be stimulated to produce excessive amounts of acid.
Hypothetical mechanisms involved in chronic stress sensitizes to pancreatitis.
Chronic stress compromises the exocrine pancreas by generating ischaemia and reperfusion processes, as well as attracting leukocytes to the pancreatic parenchyma.
Pancreatitis is redness and swelling (inflammation) of the pancreas.
Pancreatitis happens when digestive juices or enzymes attack the pancreas.
Your pancreas lies behind your stomach on the left side of your belly.
And is close to the first part of your small intestine (the duodenum).
The main symptom of pancreatitis is a severe, dull pain around the top of your stomach that develops suddenly.
The aching pain with pancreatitis often gets steadily worse and can travel along your back or below your left shoulder blade.
Eating or drinking may also make you feel worse very quickly, especially fatty foods.
Treatments for pancreatitis include.
A hospital stay to treat dehydration with intravenous (IV) fluids and, if you can swallow them, fluids by mouth.
Pain medicine, and antibiotics by mouth or through an IV if you have an infection in your pancreas.
And a low-fat diet, or nutrition by feeding tube or IV if you can't eat.
People with acute pancreatitis often look ill and have a fever, nausea, vomiting, and sweating.
Other symptoms that may occur with this disease include Clay-colored stools, Bloating and fullness.
Seek care right away for the following symptoms of severe pancreatitis such as pain or tenderness in the abdomen that is severe or becomes worse, nausea and vomiting, fever or chills.
Acute pancreatitis is a self-limiting condition.
In most instances, the pancreas heals itself and normal pancreatic functions of digestion and sugar control are restored.
Pancreatitis hits most people without warning.
The upper abdominal pain is so intense, you'll need to go to the emergency room for relief.
Although you can't prevent pancreatitis, you can educate yourself about your risk factors and take steps to lower your chances of it occurring.