Pancreatitis Support Group
Chronic pancreatitis can present as episodes of acute inflammation in a previously injured pancreas, or as chronic damage with persistent pain or malabsorption. Patients with chronic pancreatitis can present with persistent abdominal pain or steatorrhea, as well as severe nausea. Some patients with chronic pancreatitis often look very sick, while others don't appear to be...
Firstly I just want to say that most of you probably already know this, but as no doctor has ever given me any helpful advice regarding pancreatitis and I had to work it out for myself, I just thought I'd pass this on. Foods that I have found that really irritate my pancreas are as follows:
Onions
Tomatoes
Spices, especially hot spices like pepper, curries etc.
Vitamin C supplements
Chilli peppers
Also abstain from alcohol and eat very low fat. I know these ones are obvious, but sometimes it seems that patients are never told the obvious.
Onions
Tomatoes
Spices, especially hot spices like pepper, curries etc.
Vitamin C supplements
Chilli peppers
Also abstain from alcohol and eat very low fat. I know these ones are obvious, but sometimes it seems that patients are never told the obvious.
For the past year and a half I have been told my abdominal pain is my CP, and the evidence is the scar tissue that has formed around the head. I had surgery 25 years ago. Now...I am not so sure. A lot of my symptoms just didn't seem right to me, and of course, I want to stay in denial as well! I had widespread tenderness so bad, I couldn't function. I asked my doc for Librax last week, and it has been a miracle drug. I feel like I have my life back.......on some days at least. I still have the constant pain in the center of my abdomen, and the Librax has helped a bit with that, I have cut my pain meds in half. But now, I am stumped....I don't know if I have IBS and CP, or maybe it's all IBS. I can't convince any internist it's anything other than CP, but my primary care doctor keeps an open mind. So, more trial and error and experimenting to see if I can sort it all out. I would be elated to know it's not my CP, but I don't have my hopes up too much yet. But trying things for IBS isn't a bad idea, even if it is all due to CP, the meds or other things may help.