Stenosis of the pylorus is a very serious disease that occurs due to chronic ulcers . Constant scarring of the healing tissue in the place of the ulcer leads to the fact that the permeability of the stomach decreases. This adversely affects the ability to normal digestion and causes some additional symptoms.
Symptoms of stenosis of the pylorus of the stomach
The main problems that patients are complaining about are related to the possibility of the stomach to carry food through the digestive system. Because of partial obstruction, the following can occur:
- vomiting, in the vomit mass is observed not digested food;
- eructation ;
- weight, felt under the ribs.
Symptoms of stenosis of the doorkeeper are not so many, however, as the situation worsens, the motor skills of the stomach gradually deteriorate and the disease reminds itself more often.
Diagnosis of pyloric stenosis
This disease must be diagnosed even when the first suspicions appear. The stomach performs an important role, helping the body to get nutrition and maintain a healthy tone. At the advanced stage of cicatricial stenosis of the patient's gatekeeper, vomiting is very often disturbed, he receives less nutrients, grows thin and weakens.
Diagnosis is carried out by X-ray examination and gastroscopy. Before carrying out these procedures, the stomach is previously cleaned from food accumulations to make the study more accurate.
Treatment of pyloric stenosis
For the treatment of this disease has not yet come up with a better method than surgical intervention. During the operation, the patient is helped to increase the patency of the pyloric department, eliminating the anatomical obstruction. Since, in addition to scars, an obstacle to food can be a cancer or a congenital defect, the type of operation depends on the type of obstruction.
Operations in the treatment of stenosis of the pylorus are divided into:
- pyloric stenosis;
- extramuscular dissection of a thickened pyloric sphincter;
- vagotomy with pyloroplasty;
- antrumectomy with vagotomy.
Before the operation, it is considered mandatory to perform antiulcer therapy. Before and after surgery, the patient takes some time to stimulate the work of the stomach medicine. They increase the secretion of the stomach and help it digest food.
The success of the treatment depends on the patient himself, on his positive attitude and on how clearly he adheres to the prescriptions in the diet and lifestyle.