Seeing Qin Jiang so nervous, looking as if he were facing a formidable enemy, Liu Yan couldn’t help but ask from the side, “Dr. Shi, is this pancreatitis very serious? This is the first time I’ve seen Dr. Qin so panicked.”
After all, Shi Mu had never worked together with Qin Jiang before, so at this moment he had no way to enter the operating room and could only wait outside.
Now, hearing Liu Yan’s question, Shi Mu simply took the opportunity to explain it to everyone.
“You guys shouldn’t underestimate pancreatitis. This is a life-threatening disease.”
Just one sentence from Shi Mu immediately sparked Liu Yan’s interest.
“Dr. Shi, can you explain it in more detail?”
Shi Mu explained, “To understand how dangerous pancreatitis is, we first need to know what the pancreas actually is.”
“Simply put, the pancreas mainly has two functions: endocrine function and exocrine function.”
“The so-called endocrine function refers to the pancreas secreting insulin and glucagon, thereby controlling the blood sugar in our body.”
“And the so-called exocrine function is secreting pancreatic juice.”
Hearing what Shi Mu said, the viewers in the livestream immediately flooded the comments with messages.
“I know about insulin. My grandfather has diabetes, and he has to inject insulin every day. It’s used to suppress blood sugar.”
“Diabetes is when your own insulin synthesis has problems, so you can only get it from outside. Honestly, having diabetes is pretty troublesome. You have to give yourself injections every day, until your body is covered in needle marks.”
“I used to be really afraid of needles, but after getting diabetes, I stab myself every day, and I’ve gone numb to it.”
“Diabetes, a disease of wealth, all caused by eating.”
As everyone’s standard of living keeps rising, the prevalence of diabetes also keeps increasing.
It was just that many people previously didn’t know diabetes was related to the pancreas.
Now they knew. It turned out that problems with insulin meant problems with the pancreas’s endocrine function.
Liu Yan then asked, “Dr. Shi, what is pancreatic juice?”
Shi Mu explained, “So-called pancreatic juice is a colorless, odorless alkaline solution secreted by the pancreas. Among all digestive fluids, it has the strongest digestive ability.”
“And the most severe cases of pancreatitis are mostly related to this pancreatic juice.”
“When acute pancreatitis flares up, the severity and mortality rate of this disease can almost be equated with acute myocardial infarction.”
Hearing Shi Mu say this, everyone was extremely shocked.
There was still such a thing?
Pancreatitis is just an inflammation, and it can actually compete with myocardial infarction?
Seeing Liu Yan’s astonished expression, Shi Mu patiently explained, “Didn’t I say earlier? The pancreatic juice secreted by the pancreas has the strongest digestive ability among all digestive fluids.”
“Under normal circumstances, the pancreatic juice secreted by the pancreas enters the small intestine through a duct and participates in the digestion and absorption of food. These pancreatic juices contain pancreatic enzymes, which are very strong digestive enzymes.”
“But when our body, for some reason, has the process of pancreatic juice entering the small intestine blocked, then it becomes deadly.”
“Usually there are three situations: reflux of pancreatic juice, rupture of pancreatic acini, and leakage of pancreatic enzymes.”
“Do you remember what I said earlier? What is the main function of pancreatic enzymes?”
Liu Yan answered without thinking, “Digestion?”
Shi Mu nodded.
“So when pancreatic enzymes leak into the body, they cause the pancreas to digest and absorb itself, which is what we often call ‘eating itself.'”
“Once too many pancreatic enzymes leak out, they can even spread to the surroundings and digest and absorb the nearby stomach, intestines, abdomen, or other organs.”
Sss!
Hearing Shi Mu say this, the viewers in the livestream immediately became uneasy.
“Holy crap, our bodies actually have such strong digestive fluid?”
“Otherwise what did you think? Are you underestimating us terrifying upright apes? We’re omnivores! And top-tier ones at that!”
“Before I had pets, I really didn’t think I was that strong. But after getting pets, I realized I’m actually pretty impressive. Because pets have dietary restrictions, and if they eat the wrong food they can die, but humans don’t. We can digest most foods.”
“Being able to digest yourself is way too fierce. Isn’t that equivalent to pouring a bottle of sulfuric acid into your stomach? No wonder it can be mentioned alongside heart attacks.”
The viewers were no longer calm.
Earlier, they still thought pancreatitis was no big deal.
But now, after hearing Shi Mu’s explanation, everyone felt a chilling sense of horror.
This could still be called a disease?
This was practically torture!
No wonder people often say fractures and things like that aren’t really that painful and can still be endured.
But if someone gets acute pancreatitis, then even if you’re a steel-hard tough guy, you’ll still be in so much pain you’ll be crying and rolling on the ground.
Liu Yan then asked, “So Jia Shan is now experiencing this kind of situation?”
Shi Mu nodded.
“Judging from how nervous Dr. Qin is, it should be like that.”
“If the leakage of pancreatic enzymes isn’t treated as soon as possible, the patient will soon suffer irreversible organ damage, leading to multiple organ failure throughout the body, and then death.”
Liu Yan and the many viewers immediately felt they had gained knowledge.
So the pancreas plays such a big role in the human body. They would have to be careful to take good care of themselves in the future. They could get anything but pancreatitis.
Seeing everyone looking at him with eager eyes, as a professional host, Liu Yan instantly understood what everyone meant.
Liu Yan asked, “Dr. Shi, since you say pancreatitis is so dangerous, can you tell us how we should prevent it?”
Explaining medical knowledge to everyone?
Shi Mu was good at this!
Shi Mu said with a smile, “Actually, the pancreas is mainly in charge of digestion. Once there’s a problem, it must be a problem caused by eating.”
“First of all, overeating is not okay. Excessive eating promotes the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.”
“As human organs, they don’t know that food cannot be eaten in excess. They only know to secrete pancreatic juice based on how much food there is.”
“So the more you eat, the greater the stimulation to the pancreas.”
As Shi Mu spoke, he held up one finger.
“Second, don’t drink too much alcohol, because alcohol also damages the pancreas and stimulates it.”
“That’s why you often see online that some people drink too much and end up triggering pancreatitis and being rushed to the hospital for treatment.”
Hearing Shi Mu say this, the viewers in the livestream instantly broke down.
“I’m done for. I’ve been hit by all of them. Could I also get pancreatitis?”
“I can control overeating, but how do I control excessive drinking? When traveling for work, doing business, and securing orders, you have to drink with people.”
“So working hard your whole life, and in the end the money you earn in old age all goes to the hospital.”
“Well said, so I directly chose to be a security guard, saving forty years of detours!”
