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Pancreatitis
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Also known as: pancreatic inflammation · inflamed pancreas · acute pancreatitis · chronic pancreatitis · pancreas inflammation · inflammation of the pancreas · upper abdominal inflammation · pancreatic irritation · digestive gland inflammation · pancreatitis · pancreatic inflammation · pancreatic juice inflammation
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Deep in the upper abdomen, running crosswise behind the stomach, lies an organ that rarely receives attention until it burns: the pancreas. It is the quietest worker of your digestive system. It produces the enzymes that break down everything you take in — fats, proteins, carbohydrates. And it regulates with insulin the sugar balance, literally the sweetness in your blood. It makes life digestible. It makes it sweet.
When this organ becomes inflamed, something occurs that is almost unimaginable. The enzymes that otherwise break down food in the intestine become active within the organ itself. The body begins to digest itself. Not what has been taken in — itself. Physicians speak of autodigestion. Literally: self-digestion.
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