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| Question: | My husband is a salesman and drinks a lot with his work. I think he uses his work as an excuse to get boozed. One of his mates has had pancreatitis. Could he get it too? |
| Answer: | The pancreas is the organ that produces your digestive juices and sirs in the centre of the abdomen behind the belly button. People who drink a large amount of alcohol can damage the pancreas, causing the digestive juices to leak out into the belly. These juices then try to digest your insides, which causes severe pain. The treatment is difficult and often involves long hospital stays.
Pancreatitis is not a common disease, but is a well recognised complication of alcoholism. Anyone who drinks excess amounts of alcohol, either constantly or intermittently, is placing their health at risk in many ways. |
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