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医学科普ChronicPancreatitis慢性胰腺炎
Whatischronicpancreatitis?
Chronicpancreatitisisanongoing进展性的orrepeated反复inflammationofthepancreas.
Thepancreasisanorganlocatedbehindthestomach.Itproducesdigestiveenzymes消化酶andinsulin胰岛素.Thedigestiveenzymesflowintothesmallintestinetohelpbreakdownfood.Insulinisreleasedintothebloodtocontrolthelevelofsugar(glucose)intheblood.
Pancreatitiscanbeacute急性orchronic慢性.Acutepancreatitisoccursasonesuddenepisode.Afteracutepancreatitisthepancreasusuallyreturnstoitsnormalcondition.Chronicpancreatitismeansongoingorrepeatedboutsofpancreatitisinwhichthereispermanent永久性damagetothepancreas.Thedamagedpancreasgraduallybe