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ABOUT CHRONIC PANCREATITS AND IT'S RISK FACTORS

Chronic pancreatitis is a prolonged inflammation of the pancreas which leads to fibrosis, atrophy and ultimately functional loss of the pancreas. This happens due to depleting cells of pancreas. Also due to chronic inflammation there is formation of stones in the pancreatic duct, therefore also known as pancreatic stone disease.<br><br>

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ABOUT CHRONIC PANCREATITS AND IT'S RISK FACTORS

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  1. Chronic pancreatitis is a prolonged inflammation of the pancreas which leads to fibrosis, atrophy and ultimately functional loss of the pancreas. This happens due to depleting cells of pancreas. Also due to chronic inflammation there is formation of stones in the pancreatic duct, therefore also known as pancreatic stone disease. • Riskfactors • Alcoholintake • Smoking • Recurrentpancreatitis • Hypercalcemia • Hypertriglyceridemia • Genetic • A patient of chronic pancreatitis canhave • Digestionproblems: • fat indigestion—>foul smelling, bulky, oily stools known as Steatorrhea. Protein indigestion:bloating • Diabetes: when insulin cells deplete in number. Usually a latephenomenon. • Pain in the upper abdomen usually after food. It radiates to the back and may be associated withvomiting • Sometimes vomiting if there is gastric outletobstruction • Bleeding • Unwanted weightloss • The disease is usually diagnosed on an imaging modality like CT Scan, an Ultrasound or an MRI which would show atrophy of pancreas with dilated pancreatic duct with calculi in it. • The other tests like fecal fat content. Certain invasive tests, are also there but they are not usuallyrequired. • The treatmentinvolves • Medical Management: with pancreatic enzymes supplementation, PPIs, and insulin for diabetes and pain killers forpain

  2. SURGERY FOR CHRONICPANCREATITIS • The main aim of the surgery is to relieve the pain. It is important to understand that it does not alter the disease course but only relievespain. • The surgery can be in form of opening the duct and removing it the stones and joining small intestine to the duct fordrainage. • Or it can be removal of a part of the pancreaticparenchyma. • Complications of ChronicPancreatitis: • Jaundice • Gastric outletobstruction • Portal hypertension withhematemesis • Rarely cancerformation • Please visit your best GI surgeon in Delhi for the treatment at theearliest. • TAG- Pancreatic Cancer Treatment in Delhi, Pancreatic treatment in Delhi, Pancreatic Surgery inDelhi

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