What fruits can you eat with pancreatitis?

Written by Li Xue Qing

Gastroenterology

Updated on September 22, 2024

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Patients with pancreatitis can eat some mild fruits, such as apples, bananas, peaches, kiwis, and strawberries. It is best to avoid more acidic fruits like oranges, lemons, and hawthorns. For cooler fruits, they can be soaked in warm water for a certain period before eating. Also, regardless of the type of food, fruit, or daily diet, it is important not to overeat.

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How to check for pancreatitis?

Pancreatitis can cause acute abdominal pain, along with symptoms of nausea and vomiting, and severe cases can lead to hypotensive shock. In laboratory tests, the diagnosis is generally made by assessing serum or urine amylase levels. An amylase level that exceeds three times the normal value can diagnose pancreatitis. Additionally, ultrasound and CT scans can reveal an enlarged or exuding pancreas, and the presence of a small amount of fat necrosis around the pancreas can be diagnosed as pancreatitis. The onset time of serum amylase in pancreatitis varies; typically, serum amylase begins to increase between 6 and 12 hours and starts to decline after 48 hours, and can be detected within 3 to 5 days. Lipase levels typically start to rise between 24 to 72 hours and remain elevated longer, up to 7 to 10 days. Thus, lipase has diagnostic value for later stages of pancreatitis and tends to have higher specificity compared to amylase.

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What can be eaten with severe pancreatitis?

Patients with severe pancreatitis should not eat orally. Historically, suppressing pancreatic enzyme secretion by resting the intestines has been considered an important means of controlling the progression of acute pancreatitis. Currently, the implementation of early enteral nutrition is proposed. Early enteral nutrition should be administered via a jejunal tube, which is safer. The nutritional formulation should be chosen based on the patient's condition and intestinal tolerance. Initially, only glucose water may be used to allow the intestines to adapt to the nutrition. Early nutrition should use low-fat preparations containing amino acids or short peptides, because whole proteins entering the intestine directly without being digested by stomach acid can cause indigestion. As the condition enters the recovery phase, the feeding amount and rate can be gradually increased, and preparations containing whole proteins may be given.

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Severe pancreatitis complications

Complications of severe pancreatitis primarily include: 1. Acute peripancreatic fluid collection and interstitial edematous pancreatitis, where fluid accumulates around the pancreas without necrosis. This can be diagnosed with enhanced CT. 2. Pancreatic pseudocysts, characterized by fluid encapsulated by a clearly defined inflammatory cyst wall around the pancreas, with no or minimal necrosis, commonly occurring around four weeks after an episode of interstitial edematous pancreatitis. 3. Accumulation of acute necrotic material, involving necrotic tissue and liquids from necrotizing pancreatitis, including the parenchyma and peripancreatic tissues, also diagnosable through enhanced CT. 4. Encapsulated necrosis, observable as a clearly defined inflammatory encapsulation of the pancreas and peripancreatic tissues, commonly occurring four weeks post an episode of necrotizing pancreatitis.

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Can severe pancreatitis be cured?

Severe pancreatitis can be cured, but because its complications are severe, it may be life-threatening. Severe pancreatitis is caused by a variety of etiologies leading to local inflammation, necrosis, and infection of the pancreas, accompanied by systemic inflammatory responses and persistent organ failure. Currently, comprehensive treatment for severe pancreatitis has become very mature, but its mortality rate is still as high as 17%. Currently, with a deeper understanding of the pathology, physiology, and disease progression of severe pancreatitis, there have been advances in treatment modalities, treatment concepts, and means of organ function support for severe pancreatitis. However, the mortality rate for severe pancreatitis remains high, though it can still be cured.

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Severe pancreatitis treatment process

Severe pancreatitis generally develops rapidly, progresses urgently, and can even be life-threatening. Therefore, the main treatment initially involves fasting, gastrointestinal decompression, suppression of pancreatic enzyme secretion, promotion of gastrointestinal motility, and maintaining regular bowel movements. Antibiotics can be used to prevent infection and necrosis of pancreatic tissue. If necrotic pancreatic tissue and ascites occur in the abdominal cavity, appropriate puncture and drainage may be used.