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Excessive consumption of alcohol causes pancreatitis
Pancreatitis is a condition that is serious and is caused by excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages increased by the presence of stones in the bile duct, when obstructed distal common bile duct call generates an inflammation of the pancreas. Usually the inflammation of the pancreas is presented in acute form, while in its chronic form there is no cure available.
As symptoms of the disease may be mentioned the intense abdominal pain that occurs in the pit of the stomach, with nausea and vomiting, the patient having an attack of severe constipation.
In 80% of cases the disease has a benign course and the person ceases to have discomfort in a period of 3 to 7 days, the rest is an evolution that leads to disease state of “serious” if it takes the form early intensive treatment.
Other causes that can lead to suffering from pancreatitis is the fact that a person suffers a car accident and the seat belt injury blow produces a level of pancreatic tissue, which brings with inflammation. Read the rest of this entry »