If you are suffering from especially chronic pancreatitis your doctor may recommend taking pancreatic enzymes. These enzymes are meant to replace the ones that your pancreas is no longer able to produce because of the damage caused by your pancreatitis. My experience with these has for the most part been positive. I have had some… Read More »
Pancreatitis comes in two basic flavors. First is the chronic pancreatitis that can simmer and boil in your gut for years causing damage before you even notice it. The second, Acute Pancreatitis is more serious and much more painful. In the three years since I started having problems with pancreatitis I’ve ended up in the… Read More »
Pancreatitis happens when the digestive enzymes that are produced in your pancreas to digest food are some how activated while they are still inside the pancreas. This can cause a huge amount of damage to your pancreas. During normal digestion, these enzymes will move through the ducts in your pancreas and into the small intestine, where they become activated… Read More »
There are only a few studies that have been done regarding whether people who are sero-positive with HIV are more susceptable to pancreatitis. Some studies suggest that this is true while other don’t find the same results. What is agreed is the people who are HIV+ have significant differences from the general population. Among those… Read More »
Pancreatitis is the ongoing inflammation of the pancreas. If it does not heal or improve or gets worse over time it is considered chronic. Long term pancreatitis can lead to permanent damage of the pancreas. Chronic Pancreatitis treatment usually has several goals. When first coming to a hospital a person suffering from this problem will first under go tests to… Read More »