What is pancreatitis
Pancreas
It is an elongated tapered and yellowish organ that is located across the back of the abdomen.It measures around 6 inches long and 1 inch wide.Pancreas is the one who spill out the the digestive juices(pancreatic juices)or enzymes to our glucagon by using the pancreatic duct.Pancreas are also produces hormones called insulin.insulin helps to control or to lower the blood sugar level to our body.
2 tpyes of Pancreatitis
1.Acute Pancreatitis
Acute Prancreatitis occurs suddenly and it can easily heals in a few days.However it should not be taken for granted because it can cause complication.And there is a possibility to cause death.Acute Prancreatitis feel pain at the upper level of the abdomen and sometimes it extends through the back.
Causes of Acute Pancreatitis
1.abdominal trauma
2.Infection
3.excessive drinking of alcohol
4.medications
5.gallstone pain
6.metabollic desease
Symptoms of Acute Prancreatitis
1.You will feel suddenly pain
2.Vomiting
3.rapid heartbeat and rapid fulse
4.nausea
5.headache
6.fever
7.bleeding
8.fatique
9.low blood pressure
2.Chronic Pancreatitis
Chronic Pancreatitis may also considered similar to acute prancreatitis.But chronic Chronic pancreatitis is the imflammation of the pancrease does not heals.Chronic pancreatitis occurs when the digestive enzymes attack or destroy the pancrease.People who can get chronic pancreatits disease are ages about 30 to 40 years old.And the most commonly affected of chronic pancreatitis are the man rather than the women.
Symptoms of Chronic Pancreatitis
1. Pain especially in gallstone.
2. Nausea
3. Swollen Abdomen
4. Fever
5. Family history
6. Heavy drinking of alcohol
7. Bleeding
8. Weigth loss
9. Diarrhea
Children can also get pancreatitis disease but it is rare.Two commonly disease that children can have are trauma or heredity disease prancreatitis and children who have cystic fibrosis has also a risk to get prancreatits disease but the most results in children is unknown.
