Why do you get pancreatitis?

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Pancreatitis is usually caused by drinking alcohol, drugs and biliary tract diseases.

Why do you get pancreatitis?

1. Drinking alcohol

If the patient drinks a lot of alcohol for a long time, it is easy to cause acinar cell damage, causing excessive secretion of pancreatic juice, leading to inflammation caused by pancreatic duct blockage.

2. Drugs

If the patient overtakes thiazide diuretics, azathioprine, glucocorticoids and other drugs, it is easy to destroy the intracellular barrier of pancreatic interstitial cells, and promote pancreatic secretion, increase the pressure of pancreatic duct, it can cause pancreatitis.

Why do you get pancreatitis?

3. Biliary tract diseases

If the patient has cholelithiasis, biliary tract infection and other diseases, it is easy to cause pancreatic duct blockage, leading to poor pancreatic juice discharge, and stimulate pancreatic cells to cause inflammation, thus causing pancreatitis.



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