How to definitively treat recurrent acute pancreatitis?

Question
Hello doctor,
I have acute pancreatitis. But every 15 days after being discharged from the hospital, the recurrence was repeated for the 5th time. This time when I went to the doctor, I was told that it was due to increased triglycerides. So the doctor asked me how to completely treat recurrent acute pancreatitis? I thank you.
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Answer
Answered by Master, Doctor Dao Duc Dung - Specialist in gastroenterology - hepatobiliary tract - General Surgery - Vinmec Times City International General Hospital.

Hello,
With the question “How to completely treat recurrent acute pancreatitis? ", the doctor would like to answer as follows:
Pancreatitis is a medical condition in which pancreatic enzymes are activated right in the lumen of the pancreatic duct (normally pancreatic enzymes are only activated in the intestinal lumen), treated mainly with internal medicine. The most common cause is gallstones or alcohol, other causes may be elevated triglycerides, or the cause is unknown.
Your case has been diagnosed due to high triglycerides, it is necessary to treat pancreatitis (fasting or snacking, infusion, taking pain relievers, reducing secretions, ...) at the same time with drugs to reduce blood lipids (eg Lipanthyl). It is also possible that hypertriglyceridemia is present only in rare cases of pancreatitis. When pancreatitis is repeated many times, it will lead to chronic pancreatitis, the consequences of pancreatitis can be pancreatic pseudocysts, pancreatic stones.
Pancreatitis can recur many times with different severity and severity and there is no radical treatment. When there is abdominal pain, you need to go to medical facilities for an early examination to exclude pancreatitis and other diseases (gastritis, gallstones,...), when pancreatitis is detected. Early treatment is usually not complicated.
If you still have questions about recurrent acute pancreatitis, you can go to a hospital under Vinmec Health System for further examination and advice. Thank you for trusting and sending questions to Vinmec. Wishing you lots of health.
Best regards!