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Functional disorders of the pancreas: symptoms
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Symptoms of functional disorders of the pancreas in relatively mild cases of neurogenic genesis are insignificant: mild dyspepsia, rumbling or "transfusion" in the abdomen, somewhat rapid stools of a formed or semiformed consistency. Thus, the manifestations are very modest, only neuropathic subjects can attract attention and cause anxiety and a desire to consult a doctor. It should be noted, however, that psychogenic and neurogenic impairments of pancreatic function are usually not isolated: gastric secretion, secretion of the intestinal glands are reduced, and, possibly, absorption processes are disrupted. Therefore, functional disorders of the pancreas, especially if they continue for a long time, are not such a "harmless" deviation from the norm or a "functional" violation. If the negative, inhibitory factor acts long enough, even some atrophy of the parenchyma of the pancreas is possible.
Functional disorders of the pancreas, as noted above, can have different causes, it is impossible, in particular, to exclude visceral-visceral reflexes from diseased organs.
With an increase in the exocrine function of the pancreas, patients usually do not experience any unpleasant sensations. In some cases, there may be spastic intestinal pains and even desires on the stool (with the strongest emotions, emotions), but they have no direct relationship to the pancreas.
Differential diagnostics. Firstly, differential diagnosis is performed between functional disorders of the pancreas and chronic pancreatitis, as well as focal pancreatic diseases. In favor of the functional nature of the lesion of the gland indicates the absence of clinically pronounced symptoms of the disease, as well as signs of morphological changes in the pancreas, detected by echography, scanning and using other instrumental methods of investigation.
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