What does the pancreas do? - Emma Bryce

Translator: Mehmet Sıddık Dilek Reviewer: ronya bewran

Beneath your ribs, you'll find, among other things, the pancreas,

Di bin hestiyên singê de pankreas heye.

an organ that works a lot like a personal health coach.

Pankreas wek rêveberê tenduristiyê kar dike.

This organ controls your sugar levels and produces a special juice

Ev organ radeya glûkozê ya di nav xwînê de qontrol dike,

that releases the nutrients from your food

bo hûrkirina xwarinê, avên taybet

to help keep you in the best possible shape.

çê dike dişîne roviya .

The pancreas sits just behind your stomach,

Pankreas li pişt mîdê rûdine û

an appropriate home, as one of its jobs is to break down the food you eat.

peywira xwe ya herisandina xwarinê pêk tîne.

It aids digestion by producing a special tonic made of water,

Bi çekirina ava taybet,

sodyum bîkarbonat û

sodium bicarbonate,

and digestive enzymes.

enzîmên herisandinê vê peywirê dike.

Sodium bicarbonate neutralizes the stomach's natural acidity,

Sodyum bikarbonat bo enzîme herisandinê bişixûlin,

so these digestive enzymes can perform their jobs.

asîda ku ji mîdê tê, notr dike.

Lipase breaks down fatty substances,

Lipaz rûn ji hev dike,

protease splits up proteins,

proteaz proteîna hûr dike,

and amylase divides carbohydrates to create energy-rich sugars.

û amîlaz qarbonhîdrat heta bibin glukoz parçe dike.

Most of those nutrients then get absorbed into the blood stream,

Ev xurekê ku hatin herisandin,

and go on to enrich the body.

derbasî nav xwînê dibin û însan xwedî dikin.

While all this is happening, the pancreas works on another critical task,

Di ber van peywiran re,

radeya glukozê ya xwînê jî qontrol dike.

controlling the amount of sugar in your blood.

It achieves this with the hormones insulin and glucagon,

Vê peywirê bi çêkirina hormonên

which are produced in special cells called the Islets of Langerhans.

wek însulîn û glukagon tîne cîh.

Having too much or too little sugar can be life threatening,

Ku şekirê we zêde be, bo jiyanê xeter e.

so the pancreas must stay on constant alert.

Ji bo vê pankreas her tim şiyar e.

After a big meal, the blood often becomes flushed with sugar.

Piştî xwarinê şekirê xwînê bilind dibe.

To bring us back to normal, the pancreas releases insulin,

Pankreas însulîn çêdike û dişîne xwînê,

which makes the excess sugar move into cells,

wisa însulîn, şekir dike nav hûcreyan.

where it's either used as an energy source, or stored for later.

Hûcre paşe bo enerjiye vî şekirî xerc dike.

Ji bilî vê, însulin dibêje kezebreşê bes şekir çê bike.

Insulin also tells the liver to shut down sugar production.

On the other hand, if blood sugar is low,

Dema şekirê xwînê kêm bibe,

the pancreas releases a hormone called glucagon

pankreas hormonê glukagon çê dike.

that tells the body's cells and liver to release stored sugars

Glukagon dibêje hûcreyan û kezebreşê,

back into the bloodstream.

şekir berdin nav xwînê.

The interplay between insulin and glucagon is what keeps our sugar levels balanced.

Bi bandora însulîn û glukagonê radeyê şekirê xwînê normal dibe.

But a faulty pancreas can no longer coach us like this,

Ku pankreas xeletiyê bike

meaning that this healthy balance is destroyed.

ev ahenga tenduristî xira dike.

If it's weakened by disease,

Dema pankreas însulinê biqasî asta pewist çê neke,

the organ's ability to produce insulin may be reduced, or even extinguished,

nexweşiya bi nave dîyabet derdikeve.

which can trigger the condition known as diabetes.

Without regular insulin release, sugar steadily builds up in the blood,

Ku pergela çêkirina însulînê têk here, radeya şekir dê bilind bibe,

eventually hardening the blood vessels and causing heart attacks,

zirarê bide damara û bibe sedema krîza dil,

kidney failure,

nexweşiyê gurcikê,

and strokes.

û felç e.

The same lack of insulin deprives cells of the energy-rich sugar

Herwiha ku însulîn kêm be,

they need to grow and function.

şekirê pewist nagihîje hûcreyan.

People with diabetes also tend to have higher levels of glucagon,

Radeya glukagonê ya nexweşên dîyabetê bilind dibe

which makes even more sugar circulate.

û pergela şekirê wan aloz dibe.

Without this internal health coach, our sugar levels would go haywire,

Bê rêveberiya pankreasê pergela şekir xira dibe

and we wouldn't be able to digest important nutrients.

û herisandina xwarinê nabe.

But like any coach,

Wek her rêveberî, pankreas tenê

it's not the pancreas' job alone to keep us healthy.

tenduristiya we nikare bipareze,

dive hûn jî baldar bin.

It needs our conscious participation, too.