MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Chronic pancreatitis is a condition where the pancreas (a small organ located behind the stomach and below the ribcage) becomes permanently damaged from inflammation. It’s different to acute pancreatitis, where the inflammation is only short-term.

Detailed explanation-2: -If you have chronic pancreatitis, the digestive enzymes that would normally travel by tubes inside your pancreas and empty into your upper intestine, become trapped inside your pancreas. This causes pain and scarring. The trapped enzymes slowly cause severe damage to your pancreas.

Detailed explanation-3: -The pancreas is permanently damaged, and it can’t heal itself. So you’ll have to take steps to reduce the stress placed on the pancreas. Two steps I urge my patients with this condition to take are to stop drinking alcohol and stop smoking cigarettes.