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Alcohol Addiction: What Is Alcohol-Related Pancreatitis?

Two-thirds of cases of alcohol-related pancreatitis is caused by heavy drinking or alcohol addiction. The pancreas is an important organ in the body that performs important functions. It produces digestive juices such as trypsin, essential for digestion and insulin that is needed for blood sugar level regulation.

Two Types of Pancreatitis:

  • Acute Pancreatitis- It is the sudden inflammation of the pancreas that can happen for a few days.
  • Chronic Pancreatitis- It is a more serious inflammation of the pancreas that develops over a period of years.

Acute Alcohol-Related Pancreatitis:

Acute alcohol-related pancreatitis occurs in alcoholics who have been overdrinking for 5 to 10 years or those with alcohol addiction. In isolated cases, alcohol binging may also induce the condition. Symptoms include nausea, vomiting,fever and abdominal pain, behind the ribs and reaching through the back.

This condition may come out 6 to 12 hours after heavy drinking. In some cases, the inflammation of the pancreas may happen even after consuming a small quantity of alcohol.

Chronic Alcohol-Related Pancreatitis:

Chronic pancreatitis is the permanent swelling of the pancreas, leading to organ failure. Anyone with alcohol addiction or those who have been into heavy drinking for a prolonged period of time may experience repeated acute pancreatitis over many years before it becomes chronic.

Symptoms of a chronic pancreatitis include repeated severe pain behind the ribs and through the back;weight loss; foul-smelling feces; and jaundice. Researches have found that 7 out of 10 chronic pancreatitis is caused by heavy drinking.

Alcohol abuse and alcohol addiction are one of the causes of developing an acute alcohol-related pancreatitis. Experts are not sure until now how alcohol affects the condition, but they are sure that heavy drinking can trigger acute pancreatitis.

Treatment:

Anyone diagnosed with acute alcohol-related pancreatitis should immediately stop drinking alcohol to prevent the condition to develop into chronic and further damage of the pancreas. Chronic pancreatitis is irreversible.

Whatever damage has been brought to the pancreas will be permanent and the individual has to undergo lifetime treatment. These include medication and treatment for digestion and in controlling blood sugar levels as the person is at risk of having diabetes.Pancreatitis causes severe pain, but long term medication may improve or diminish the pain after taking the medication for many years.

Complications of Alcohol Abuse:

It was found that alcohol abuse or alcohol addiction does not only cause pancreatitis. As a result of this pancreatitis, the individual may also develop diabetes due to inability of the pancreas to make insulin.

Pseudocysts, the presence of fluid sac on the surface of the pancreas, also affects people who have chronic pancreatitis as a result of heavy drinking. People do not have any symptoms, but it may cause abdominal pain, indigestion and bloating in some cases. They are also at risk of developing pancreatitic cancer.

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