What happens when your pancreas is removed?

Answer 1

Your pancreas produces the hormone insulin which is needed to regulate blood sugar levels in your body. It also secretes digestive enzymes such as amylase, trypsin, proteases and lipase which help to break down fats, carbohydrates, starches and proteins. If your pancreas were to stop working, you would become a type-1 diabetic due to your inability to regulate blood glucose levels. You would need to administer insulin injections when necessary as well as be put on multiple digestive enzyme pills in order to help your stomach break down the foods you eat. You may also have stomach aches, nausea, vomiting, weakness, dizziness and more- mostly as a result of the Diabetes and inability to digest.

Answer 2

if the pancreas was removed, the body will be unable to further digest carbohydrates, fats and proteins.

The body would also have no way to produce insulin (as that is a key function of the pancreas) and the patient would become a Type-1 diabetic. There are people living currently without a pancreas. They have to give daily insulin injections and take digestive enzymes before each meal among a myriad of other things to stay alive.

Answer 3

if your pancreas fails you will get diabetes and well have to live with it for the rest of your life unless they come up with a cure. they have a cure right now with a pancreas replacement but then you will have to take pills for the rest of your life with a risk of your body rejecting the new pancreas within the first three years then you are back to square one with the diabetes

Answer 4

Pancreas removal also means you’ll have to make numerous lifestyle changes that may be challenging to adjust to.

Since your body won’t produce regular insulin amounts anymore to control your blood sugar, you’ll develop Type 1 Diabetes. You’ll have to take insulin and monitor your blood sugar at regular intervals. Your primary care doctor or endocrinologist will assist you in managing your blood sugar. You’ll also need to follow a diabetic diet to stay healthy and regulate blood sugar.

Since your body won’t be making the enzymes required for digesting food, you’ll also need to take an enzyme replacement pill every time you eat.

Answer 5

you will need immediate medical care and medication if left unattended you will die.

Answer 6

you can still live a normal life with only part of your pancreas.

Answer 7

In most cases it will not affect other organs. In extreme cases, a damaged pancreas can cause you to have severe pain, fluid buildup, and blood vessels to become blocked.

Answer 8

you are at risk for diabetes.