Does pancreatitis cause back pain?

Pancreatitis may cause back pain, most often seen in acute pancreatitis, as well as abdominal pain, back pain, nausea, and steatorrhea. Pancreatitis is a non-infectious inflammation of the pancreatic area, which is clinically categorized as acute pancreatitis and chronic pancreatitis. There is significant individual variability in the clinical symptoms of this disease. In general, pancreatitis may be back pain, the prerequisite for acute pancreatitis, this type of patients often appear acute abdominal pain, pain can be radiated to the waist, back and so on, the patient will also appear back pain, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms. However, in the case of chronic pancreatitis, there is usually no back pain, but patients may experience abdominal pain, steatorrhea, elevated blood sugar, belching (hiccups), and other symptoms. Pancreatitis is associated with alcohol, biliary tract infections, surgery, obstruction of the pancreatic duct, overeating, and metabolic disorders. In addition to this, back pain can be the result of herniated discs, scoliosis, ankylosing spondylitis, and other diseases. Pancreatitis patients need to actively cooperate with the doctor’s treatment, if the back pain is not caused by pancreatitis, need to improve further examination to clarify the specific causes.