Pancreatitis

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What is pancreatitis?

Pancreatitis is an inflammation of the pancreas that can be acute or chronic.

Common symptoms reported by people with pancreatitis

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for pancreatitis

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Compare treatments taken by people with pancreatitis

Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have pancreatitis through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.

Got a question about living with pancreatitis? Members in the forum might have the answers.

Who has pancreatitis on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 295 say pancreatitis is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 22
30s 60
40s 73
50s 58
60s 44
70+ 137
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 34
20-29 years 27
30-39 years 13
40-49 years 18
50-59 years 23
60-69 years 14
70+ years 18

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 199
Female 602

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 377
Not Diagnosed 18

These charts show data from pancreatitis patients who have completed their condition history
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