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Lee VanDine
HIT 201
September 15 2001
Pancreatitis
Pancreatitis, is painful inflammation of your pancreas. ... To understand pancreatitis you should first know what the pancreas is and how it functions. ...
Acute pancreatitis, comes on suddenly when digestive enzymes produced in the pancreas remain there and activate, irritating and inflaming delicate pancreatic tissue. Some risks to people with pancreatitis are infection from the bacteria from the small intestine, psudocysts (cyst) may form on the pancreas, and abscess near the pancreas that can develope 4 to 6 weeks after the onset of acute pancreatitis.
Chronic pancreatitis, differs in that the inflammation happens over a period of time. ... Risks to people with chronic pancreatitis is that it may cause permanent damage, it slowly destroys tissues, the organ is les able to secrete the hormones needed for digestion. ...
The chance of recovery of pancreatitis depends which type of the disease you have. Acute pancreatitis may improve spontaneously without any long-term complications or could take anywhere from three days to several weeks.
Approximate Word count = 753
Approximate Pages = 3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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