Frequent dinner parties can lead to acute pancreatitis? Doctor: You will also get it if you eat like this

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On February 17, the topic of "Woman's frequent dinner parties during the holiday induced acute pancreatitis" exploded on the Internet. Acute pancreatitis has attracted everyone's attention and has become a new holiday "eating and drinking syndrome". So, why do frequent dinner parties induce acute pancreatitis? How can we prevent it in our daily lives?

Can dinner parties trigger acute pancreatitis?

"Frequent dining together will increase the intake of high-fat and high-protein foods. Combined with drinking, it will cause the body's triglycerides to increase in the short term. Hypertriglyceridemia is a common cause of acute pancreatitis." Xiong Xudong, deputy director of the Department of General Internal Medicine at Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, emphasized that overeating, excessive drinking, and intake of more high-fat and high-protein foods may all induce acute pancreatitis.

Long holidays every year are the peak period for pancreatitis, especially during the Spring Festival, when excessive intake of high-fat and high-oil foods can easily cause acute pancreatitis.

Most cases of acute pancreatitis are caused by eating too much

Xiong Xudong said that an important factor leading to acute pancreatitis is overeating.

"Under normal circumstances, consuming too much high-fat, high-protein food at one time and drinking a lot of alcohol at the same time will prompt the pancreas to secrete a large amount of pancreatic enzymes, causing partial blockage of the pancreatic duct. The pancreatic enzymes cannot enter the intestines normally to function and are activated in the pancreas, causing self-digestion of the pancreas and surrounding tissues, thereby triggering acute pancreatitis." Xiong Xudong suggested that everyone adjust their diet structure, eat reasonably, and drink in moderation.

You can prevent acute pancreatitis by doing this

1. Diet

First, you can eat more green vegetables and a combination of meat and vegetables to have a healthy diet; secondly, eat more foods that lower triglycerides in the body, such as sardines, salmon, almonds, garlic, kelp, seaweed, enoki mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, onions, etc.

2. Regular physical examination

"Regular physical examinations are very necessary." Xiong Xudong believes that only through physical examinations and B-ultrasound can one understand one's own physical condition. People over 40 years old need to have a check-up every two years to check their blood lipids and understand their cholesterol, triglycerides, and low-density lipoprotein levels. This way, timely prevention can be carried out to reduce the occurrence of acute pancreatitis.

Expert interviewed: Xiong Xudong, deputy director of the Department of Internal Medicine, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and editor-in-chief of the "Emergency Treatment" of the Medical Communication Think Tank

Source: People's Daily Online - Science Popularization China

Text: Song Wenzhen, Du Yihuan

Editors: Song Wenzhen, Yang Hongguang