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Patients with chronic pancreatitis usually present with:
Patients with chronic pancreatitis usually present with:
* Persistent [[abdominal pain]]
* Persistent [[abdominal pain]] with episodic flares<ref name="pmid6706066">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ammann RW, Akovbiantz A, Largiader F, Schueler G |title=Course and outcome of chronic pancreatitis. Longitudinal study of a mixed medical-surgical series of 245 patients |journal=Gastroenterology |volume=86 |issue=5 Pt 1 |pages=820–8 |year=1984 |pmid=6706066 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid7792289">{{cite journal |vauthors=Lankisch PG, Seidensticker F, Löhr-Happe A, Otto J, Creutzfeldt W |title=The course of pain is the same in alcohol- and nonalcohol-induced chronic pancreatitis |journal=Pancreas |volume=10 |issue=4 |pages=338–41 |year=1995 |pmid=7792289 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid6706079">{{cite journal |vauthors=Warshaw AL |title=Pain in chronic pancreatitis. Patients, patience, and the impatient surgeon |journal=Gastroenterology |volume=86 |issue=5 Pt 1 |pages=987–9 |year=1984 |pmid=6706079 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid7926511">{{cite journal |vauthors=Layer P, Yamamoto H, Kalthoff L, Clain JE, Bakken LJ, DiMagno EP |title=The different courses of early- and late-onset idiopathic and alcoholic chronic pancreatitis |journal=Gastroenterology |volume=107 |issue=5 |pages=1481–7 |year=1994 |pmid=7926511 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
* [[Steatorrhea]] resulting from malabsorption of the fats in food (typically very bad-smelling and equally hard on the patient)
* [[Steatorrhea]] resulting from malabsorption of the fats in food (typically very bad-smelling and equally hard on the patient)
* Severe [[nausea]]
* Severe [[nausea]]

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History and Symptoms

Patients with chronic pancreatitis usually present with:

The patient may also complain about pain related to their food intake, especially those meals containing a high percentage of fats and protein.

References

  1. Ammann RW, Akovbiantz A, Largiader F, Schueler G (1984). "Course and outcome of chronic pancreatitis. Longitudinal study of a mixed medical-surgical series of 245 patients". Gastroenterology. 86 (5 Pt 1): 820–8. PMID 6706066.
  2. Lankisch PG, Seidensticker F, Löhr-Happe A, Otto J, Creutzfeldt W (1995). "The course of pain is the same in alcohol- and nonalcohol-induced chronic pancreatitis". Pancreas. 10 (4): 338–41. PMID 7792289.
  3. Warshaw AL (1984). "Pain in chronic pancreatitis. Patients, patience, and the impatient surgeon". Gastroenterology. 86 (5 Pt 1): 987–9. PMID 6706079.
  4. Layer P, Yamamoto H, Kalthoff L, Clain JE, Bakken LJ, DiMagno EP (1994). "The different courses of early- and late-onset idiopathic and alcoholic chronic pancreatitis". Gastroenterology. 107 (5): 1481–7. PMID 7926511.


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