what the diffrents between acute pancreatitis and cronik pancreatitis?

Answer 1

ones kinds cute & the other is kinda crazy.

Answer 2

Acute pancreatitis: This condition can occur suddenly, soon after the pancreas becomes damaged or irritated by its own enzymes. Although acute pancreatitis is not fully understood, its causes are usually gallstones or alcohol abuse. When gallstones pass through the bile duct, they may become stuck, causing enzymes to build up in the pancreas because they cannot drain through the duct, and damaging the pancreas. In the case of alcohol, the pancreas may be sensitive to the effects of excessive alcohol. An attack may occur anywhere from a few hours or one to two days after drinking alcohol. The amount of alcohol consumed will vary from person to person. Other less common causes of this condition are: excessive levels of fat particles in the blood, mumps, drugs, surgery, heredity, and idiopathic (unknown cause). Acute pancreatitis affects about 80,000 Americans every year.

Chronic pancreatitis: This stage of pancreatitis begins as acute pancreatitis, and becomes chronic when the pancreas becomes scarred. This condition is usually due to years of excessive alcohol consumption, but may also develop from other causes of pancreatitis

Most chronic pancreatitis is due to alcohol abuse and is already chronic at its first presentation. In rare cases this condition leads to cancer of the pancreas, an unchecked growth of abnormal cells in the pancreas


What is the Difference Between Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis?
Most cases of acute pancreatitis are mild and involve a short hospital stay to help heal the pancreas. Chronic pancreatitis is a much more persistent condition, and occurs more often in men than women.

Answer 3

Acute pancreatitis is characterized by a sudden onset of pain. It is usually treatable by a week of IV-therapy, and goes away without affecting any other organs. Often, portions of the pancreas or surrounding tissue become necrotic.

Chronic pancreatitis is usually caused by multiple episodes of acute pancreatitis or chronic heavy drinking, and is found in approximately 5% to 15% of all heavy drinkers. Ongoing poin and complications develop, especially a buildup a fluid, bleeding, and blockage of a blood vessel, the bile duct, or the small intestine.

In either circumstance, when enough of the pancreas has become necrotic and no longer functions correctly, the person becomes malnourished because of a lack of the enzymes produced by the organ.

Another primary complication of pancreatitis is diabetes. Because the pancreas creates insulin, a loss in function in the organ can result in the onset of diabetes.

Answer 4

Chronic pancreatitis is a long-standing inflammation of the pancreas that alters its normal structure and functions. It can present as episodes of acute inflammation in a previously injured pancreas, or as chronic damage with persistent pain or malabsorption.
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Acute pancreatitis is rapidly-onset inflammation of the pancreas. Depending on its severity, it can have severe complications and high mortality despite treatment. While mild cases are often successfully treated with conservative measures or laparoscopy, severe cases require invasive surgery (often more than one intervention) to contain the disease process.

Answer 5

I'm AMAZED you could spell Pancreatitis, but not the words "difference" or "chronic"! But anyway, acute means that the disease came on suddenly, chronic means that it's an ongoing, long-lasting condition.

Answer 6

acute means a sudden onset
chronic means a slow gradual continual process.

Answer 7

well, there isn't any diffents, maybe you mean difference?

So, Acute is really painful but not all the time, Cronic (not cronik) is painful all the time