What is chronic pancreatitis?
Chronic pancreatitis is an inflammatory disease of the pancreas, which is characterized by:
- pain syndrome
- impaired pancreatic function: weight loss, diarrhea, development of diabetes mellitus.
The causes of the development of this disease can be alcohol intake, smoking, cholelithiasis, hereditary factor, etc.
The gastroenterologist of the Department of pathology of the pancreas and biliary tract MCSC tellsIrina Vladimirovna Savina.
