In severe pancreatitis, however, activated enzymes may travel back into the pancreas and digest it. We will talk more about pancreatitis in a little bit, but for now, consider alcohol. Regular consumption of alcohol inflames the pancreas. When the inflammation is severe, the smaller ducts of the pancreas are squeezed shut.
Any therapy that is typically excluded by conventional medicine, and that patients use instead of conventional medicine, is known as âalternative medicine.â Itâs a catch-all term that includes hundreds of old and new practices ranging from acupuncture to homeopathy to iridology.
Clean technique is what we use when changing a stoma pouch - nothing sterile about it. It's both. Aseptic technique is used to reduce the chance of contamination from pathogens. Asepsis is a broad term that has other more specific categories. There is surgical asepsis (sterile) and medical asepsis (clean). You apply the principles of asepsis in every clinical setting.