1 Types of the disease

Steatorea is a disease in which there is an overabundance of fat in the stools of the patient. Speaking about its varieties, physicians distinguish the following types:

• food, when excessive consumption of fat in the diet leads to the occurrence of this disease, because the stomach is not able to physically digest them, inferring naturally;
• intestinal, in which the affected walls and gastric mucosa, the colon are also unable to metabolize fats;
• pancreatic, when a weakly functioning pancreas does not produce enough enzyme compounds to break down the fat that comes with food.

2 Causes of the disease

Most of the disease itself occurs due to a weakening function of digestion of food or absorptionfats in the digestive tract. Along with this, the cause of the development of steatorrhea can be the pathology diagnosed in the small intestine, as well as the pancreas and the liver. A common cause of this disease is pancreatitis in chronic form caused by excessive alcohol consumption. Stagnation of excreted bile also causes the development of steatorrhoea, resulting in stool feces becoming fat and light.

3 Signs of the pathology of

When speaking about the characteristic signs of this disease, it is necessary to single out the very first sign of steatorrhea - it is a sharp urge to go to the toilet when the excreted feces are liquid and plentiful. But constipation can also serve as a sign of the disease, however, for any of the forms of the disorder is characterized by the formation in the feces and in the toilet of poorly removable, water-washable stains with a greasy, oily shine. In this case, the color, color of the stool may not change and be normal, or it may change slightly, be slightly darker or lighter than usual.

Patient who has been diagnosed with steatorrhea is concerned:

• headache and dizziness;
• bloating;
• permanent drying of the mucous membranes not only of the nose, but also of the mouth;
• lethargy and weakness.

Typically, such patients suffer from bouts of dry cough, they often have bowel movements and joint pain.

A person suffering from this disease is rapidly losing weight, his body is rapidly depleted. The subcutaneous fatty layer in such patients is not developed, the dermis is dry to the touch and is scaly, dry lips and cracks in the corner of the mouth are observed. The gums can become loose and bleed, the tongue is brightly colored.

When diagnosing a disease by palpation, there may be a sign such as rumbling and splashing of fluid mainly from the left side of the peritoneum or where the cecum is located. The result of the performed rectoscopy shows atrophy of the gastrointestinal mucosa, and X-ray pictures show the presence of puffiness, expansion and decrease in tone in the folds of the mucosa.

Often the patient is diagnosed with puffiness in the connective tissues, and gross deformation is observed in the nerve plexuses. Such a malfunction reduces the ability of the stomach to suck food, in chronic form, the disease is marked by a wave-like symptom, when the remission in its duration becomes shorter and shorter each time, and the relapse leads to nutritional errors, the development of foci of infections and problems with the nervous system.

4 Diagnosis and therapeutic actions

In the process of establishing a diagnosis, feces are taken for analysis. Most of its consistence is liquid, and color is light. When performing the analysis in the laboratory, the percentage of fat, soap and fatty acids in the feces is surplus. Stethorrhea is diagnosed if 7 grams of fat or more are released per day with feces. The exact same results give a radioisotope study. It indicates the disease, the cause of its appearance, associated with the splitting and absorption of fat obtained with food.

In the process of treating patients, doctors prescribe drugs containing an increased concentration of lipase. It is these drugs that cover the shell, which does not allow the destruction of enzymes under the influence of gastric juice. Most of these drugs are Creon and Pancreatitis, Pancitrat. As an additional treatment, doctors prescribe antacids: Maalox and Almagel, Phosphalugel, which can neutralize and reduce the increased acidity in the stomach, strengthening enzyme therapy.

A prerequisite for effective treatment in diagnosing a disease such as steatorrhea is adherence to a dietary method of nutrition that is enriched with foods that contain high-grade protein.

A prerequisite is the intake of a course of vitamins. For the most part, fat-soluble vitamins such as A and D, E and K are optimal. Vitamins that are assigned to group B are prescribed, in particular, attention should be paid to the presence of vitamin B12 and B15.It is necessary to pass the course of therapy of both nicotinic acid and ascorbic acid, and also to increase the intake of such vitamins as P and K. The petechial rash in particular requires the introduction of the last two vitamins into the diet.

Speaking about the diet with a diet, the main dishes should be milk and low-fat varieties of meat and poultry, cottage cheese, low-fat content and, accordingly, low-fat fish, preferably marine. Prepare meals and serve on the table in a boiled form or cooked for a couple, while showing low-fat broths, meat and fish. Their patient is given without fail.

5 Complications caused by the ailment

The disease itself is accompanied by certain complications, when the intestinal tract is malfunctioning in the absorption functions of the gastrointestinal tract. In the end, all this leads to protein deficiency, a lack of vitamins and a loss in weight, when the last symptom reaches cachexia, when the body is excessively exhausted and weakened. Signs of the disease are manifested in the fact that the water-salt balance is violated. Against this background there is a constant feeling of thirst and puffiness, dehydration and dryness of the dermis and mucous membrane, seizures are possible.

One of the signs of steatorrhea is the development of oxaluria, when there is an excessive isolation of oxalic acid and oxalates, which leads to a problem with the kidneys and ureter. With this disease, the heart and organs of the respiratory system, the brain are affected, there are problems that are of a psychological nature: sleep is broken, the body is weakened, and work capacity decreases.

6 Prevention measures

In conclusion, it is worth saying that it is healthy food that is the best prevention of the development of steatorrhea. At the initial stages of prevention, an important condition for preventing the development of the disease is a full-fledged diet, but with certain rules. Diet in case of suspected development of the disease and to prevent its development should be enriched with animal fats, eliminating vegetable fats.

Along with this, it is necessary to minimize the consumption of both acute and fatty foods, as well as fried foods. Translate the usual method of power into a power-up fractional, i.e.there is a need often, bringing the consumption of food to 5-6 times a day, but in small portions. An important rule of proper nutrition is a complete refusal to consume alcohol and products containing gluten, which is especially abundant in rye grains and products from wheat.

With secondary preventive measures, when the disease has already been identified and diagnosed as such, the main point is the timely treatment of diseases that are accompanied by steatorrhea and its negative symptoms. In this case, doctors prescribe a course of taking antibiotics to fight the developing infection in the stomach.

Paying due attention to your health, in time to seek qualified help, you can exclude any disease, including steatoroyu.