Gastroenterology

Gallstone Pancreatitis

Gallstone pancreatitis is aggravation of the pancreas that outcomes from blockage of the pancreatic duct by a gallstone. This happens at the level of the sphincter of oddi, a round muscle situated at the opening of the bile channel into the intestine. If a stone from the gallbladder should go down the normal bile channel and stuck out at the sphincter, it prevents the flow of all material to the outer environment from the liver and pancreas. This results in inflammation of the pancreas which may be severe. Gallstone pancreatitis can be a long life chronic disease and sometimes it may develop severe pain in abdomen.