How many years can you live with pancreatitis is determined by the degree of the patient’s condition. Acute and mild pancreatitis will not affect your life expectancy after timely treatment. Pancreatitis can be caused by a variety of factors, generally acute pancreatitis is considered to be related to biliary tract disease, metabolic disorders, drugs, alcohol, surgery and trauma and other factors, while chronic pancreatitis is related to nutrition, genetics, chronic alcoholism, autoimmune and other factors. In case of acute mild pancreatitis, patients can recover in about 1 week without sequelae after taking active targeted treatment. If the patient’s condition is more severe, complications such as pancreatic pseudocyst, splenic vein embolism, pancreatic abscess and pancreatic secretory insufficiency may occur. While the overall mortality rate of the disease is about 15%, patients are generally not life-threatening after timely and systematic treatment; in case of chronic pancreatitis and the cause of the disease is not removed in time, it may become malignant, thus affecting the life expectancy. Pancreatitis patients are advised to take targeted treatment under the guidance of their doctors according to their own conditions so as not to delay or aggravate their conditions.