How to relieve an attack of pancreatitis?

Of course, the patient himself and his close relatives are wondering, but how to relieve an attack of pancreatitis when it occurs?

There are simple and accessible recommendations that will help in this matter:

• The first hours after the onset of an attack, it is strictly forbidden to take any food.
• From drinks you can drink pure water (purified, spring). Do not indulge in mineral water, because you can not predict its impact on the patient's condition in this case. Water is taken a little, in small sips and at a slow pace. It is better to hold water for a while in the mouth, so that the liquid begins to be absorbed already in the oral cavity.
• On the epigastal area, that is, on the projection of the localization of the pancreas on the surface of the body, ice is deposited. The location of this area can be described in the following words - it is located between the chest and the navel. As a means of resuscitation, a hot water bottle filled with cold water is suitable. You can also take any package from the fridge freezer and put it on this area.
• Such an exercise can ease the patient's condition, reducing the intensity of pain, as well as inflammation and swelling.
• The patient is recommended bed rest in a state of complete rest. This is necessary in order to relieve tension in the pancreas and saturation of its blood vessels with blood.
• Experts recommend to resort to taking spasmolytic drugs and analgesics. In this case, it is important to have in the medicine cabinet preparations No-shpy, Spazmalgona, Drotaverina, Maxigan.
• The patient or his close people must necessarily call the ambulance team, whose doctors will be able to understand the situation and resort to further medical procedures.

Sometimes people refuse to resort to emergency medical services only for reasons of false modesty and embarrassment. Do not try fate and neglect the services of specialists. Even if the problem was exaggerated, it would be a better concern for one's own health than neglecting serious symptoms.

Pancreatitis differs in that it is possible to temporarily improve the condition, but then a fatal outcome can follow. And this is in case if the problem is tightened and the survey is avoided, the diagnosis is correct and the treatment is appropriate.

• In many cases, an attack of pancreatitis provokes a violation of the gallbladder, namely the normal outflow of bile from this organ. If the patient knows for sure that he has no gallstones in his gallbladder, then you can advise him to take two tablets of the drug Alohol. This should be done more than once, and three times a day. When the bile goes away, it becomes clear, because the patient's chair becomes liquid. This movement of bile is useful in the attack of pancreatitis, as it stimulates the natural withdrawal of gastric juice from the pancreas. An important point is that Alohol is taken only in combination with antispasmodics - No-shpa, Drotaverin, Papaverin.

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Medications for an attack of pancreatitis

We list all the medicines that are used to remove the acute condition of the patient. The medicine for an attack of pancreatitis is a whole list of drugs:

• But-spa is a spasmolytic drug that is used in the first minutes or hours of the onset of an attack in the form of tablets.
• Drotaverine hydrochloride is also a drug with spasmolytic effect that can be used instead of No-shpa. It is used in tablet form.
• Spasmalgone is a drug with a similar spasmolytic effect. It is recommended to use it to relieve the peak state during an attack, also taken in the form of tablets.
• Maxigan is the same spasmolytic as all previous preparations with a similar tablet form.
• Papaverin is a spasmolytic that is injected intramuscularly, in parallel with oral forms of spasmolytic medications.
• Alohol - tablets, which you need to take the patient at the same time with spasmolytic drugs, if he does not have stones in the gallbladder.
• Contrikal - used only by the treating staff in a hospital. Promotes the removal of pain shock with an attack of pancreatitis, and also participates in the restoration of pancreatic tissue.

How quickly to remove an attack of pancreatitis?

Usually, a sick person and his family are wondering: how quickly to remove an attack of pancreatitis? Especially, at home and without the presence of medical personnel. Although it is highly discouraged to do this, it is best to call for emergency help and trust the professionals.

But, nevertheless, there are situations in which there is no possibility to resort to the support of medical workers, and the patient urgently needs to alleviate the condition. In this situation, it is recommended to do the following: provide the patient peace, cold and hunger. This is not a metaphor, but a guide to action.

So, relatives of a sick person are recommended:

• Provide him complete peace. You can not make sudden movements. The patient should be given 0.8 mg of No-shpa or Drotaverin hydrochloride and drink with water in an amount not more than a quarter of the glass.
• Intramuscular injection of Papaverine solution in the amount of two ml is introduced. You can replace Papaverine with the same amount of No-shpa solution.
• Then the patient sits down on a chair or chair, and his body leans forward. From the front, it is necessary to provide support to something so that the weight of the body and head can be transferred.
• On the back in the area of the projection area of the pancreas is placed some capacity with ice (hot-water bottle, bag and so on).
• The patient is not allowed to eat.
• Water is taken in the amount of a quarter cup in one take. The liquid is used every half an hour and no more than the above mentioned norm. Only pure water without gas acts as a drink.
• It is forbidden to give the patient such drugs as Creon, Pazinorm and so on, which contain enzymes of the pancreas. Neglect of this recommendation can aggravate the symptoms of an attack of pancreatitis.
• When urge to vomit, you must clean the patient's stomach by pressing two fingers on the root of the tongue. In most cases, the attack of pancreatitis after ejection of emetic masses passes, but this relief comes at a time.