| Clinically pancreatitis is a inflammation of pancreas. It could be better divided into acute and recurrent pancreatitis. It is
studied extensively because of grave prognosis in which stand at 9.8 per 100000 of the population. Of all the abdominal
emergencies this particular condition carries the highest mortality & morbidity. The etiology of pancreatitis is attributable
to many factors like alcohol , gall stones, ductal causes, vascular, trauma both blunt and surgical, autoimmune disease,
metabolic, parasitic and many more. In this study the prime etiological factor is alcohol. The individuals in lower socio
economic strata are the ones most affected. Whatever may be the etiological agent, the action of trypsin a pancreatic
enzyme on pancreatic cells sets in motion the auto digestion and inflammatory process leading to acute pancreatitis . The
understanding of the etiology is essential to strategies therapeautic measures in managing this condition. Here in this
series of 135 patients in and around pondicherry was treated conservativelyddd |
