Quiz: How well do you know your pancreas?
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The pancreas is an organ of the digestive system. The pancreas has an important structure and function for every person's health. Currently, many diseases of the pancreas occur such as acute pancreatitis, pancreatic tumor, pancreatic cancer... So what do you know about the pancreas?
Quick answers to the following 12 multiple choice questions will help you get the answer.
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Risk factors for pancreatic cancerThe risk of pancreatic cancer is about 1% chance of developing the disease. Hereditary pancreatic cancer is less common. They usually occur when a gene mutation or change is passed on from one generation to the next in a family. ...
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Pain and bloating after chronic pancreatitis treatment?Currently, I am suffering from chronic pancreatitis, I have returned from treatment. To this day, I still have occasional pain and bloating. So the doctor asked me if the pain and bloating after treatment for chronic pancreatitis is okay?
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Alcoholism and chronic pancreatitisChronic pancreatitis is a persistent, untreated pancreatitis that leads to permanent damage to pancreatic structures, fibrosis and duct compression, and impaired exocrine and endocrine function. Heavy alcohol use and smoking are considered two major risk factors for chronic pancreatitis.
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Causes of severe acute pancreatitisSevere acute pancreatitis is an acute inflammation of the pancreas that leads to damage to the follicular cells, causing destruction of pancreatic enzymes to a severe degree and even death. Understanding the cause of severe acute pancreatitis helps patients and ...
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Role of immune cytokines in autoimmune pancreatitisTh2 cells, Tregs cells, Tfh cells, and CD4+ CTLs cells were detected in the peripheral blood of patients with autoimmune pancreatitis or IgG4-RD and markedly decreased after remission. This raises the possibility that serum levels of effector T cells-derived immune ...
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