Pancreatitis: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment Overview
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Written by Alicia Racelis, PhD
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Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas, a large gland behind the stomach that produces digestive enzymes and hormones. The article explains that pancreatitis occurs when digestive enzymes activate prematurely inside the pancreas, causing damage. It covers acute pancreatitis (about 275,000 hospitalizations annually in the U.S., most resolving in days but ~20% being serious) and chronic pancreatitis (about 86,000 hospitalizations). The content appears to be an introductory medical overview from WebMD covering causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, risk factors, and prevention.
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· 3 pulledPancreatitis is simply an inflamed pancreas.
If the digestive enzymes inside your pancreas begin working before it releases them, the gland can get damaged.
Most people feel better with treatment after a few days but about 20 out of every 100 acute pancreatitis cases are serious.
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