Pancreas: seriously even slight sub-functions. A functioning pancreas is of great importance for the digestion and nutrient absorption. In recent years a trend to covert dysfunction observed more and more: a lightweight underActive without apparent cause, often even with normal enzyme levels in the blood. Or a minor irritation with only slightly elevated blood levels. The gland is supported for a while, she can recover sometimes. Your health advisor points the magazine nature doctor”in its June issue (6/2010). Long time it was thought causes a pancreatic insufficiency in particular on inflammatory changes, usually on the basis of alcoholism or a pancreatic cancer. Also a laying of the pancreatic ducts by gallstones can cause chronic inflammation.
But this classic textbook causes of pancreatic subfunctions appear today compared to other, more discreet sub-functions to withdraw: mostly get younger patients because of a kind of irritable bowel syndrome. You were in typical gastroenterologischer fashion by examined”: gastrointestinal and colonoscopy often show nothing special. In blood tests, there are no striking findings. Also the pancreatic values are within the normal range. Still changing chairs occur, they are often thin mushy. In such a case should be considered on a pancreatic insufficiency. You often develops without apparent cause. Goal-oriented is mostly in the laboratory Diagnostics Chair investigation on Pankreaselastase 1.
The lower the value, the lower is the enzyme production. Because but can consist of a pancreatic insufficiency at normal values (from 200 micrograms Pankreaselastase 1 per gram Chair), suspected wise treatment in case of doubt only shows, whether in fact a pancreatic insufficiency is present. Easier troubleshooting, homeopathic remedies can activate the pancreas and stimulate the enzyme production. Pronounced activity It leads to missing enzymes in the form of animal or vegetable, and observed whether the complaints including mend. If this is true, supportive care should be performed several weeks or months. The improvement is evident through to normalize again Pankreaselastase-1 values in the Chair. Read the detailed information and tips from Dr. med. Rainer Matejka in the nature doctor issue 6/2010 press contact: editorial nature doctor Christoph Wagner old Falkenstein 37a, 61462 Konigstein/TS. Tel. 06174 / 92 63 21