Chronic pancreatitis may be caused by excessive alcohol consumption, gallstones, hyperlipidemia, genetic factors and other reasons.
1. Excessive alcohol consumption: a large amount of alcohol stimulation will lead to excessive secretion of pancreatic juice, increase the pressure of the pancreatic duct, alcohol can directly damage the pancreatic alveolar tissue, reduce protein synthesis, aggravate the pancreatic tissue damage, and over time the formation of chronic pancreatitis.
2. Gallstones: Gallstones can lead to increased pressure in the pancreas and impaired secretion of pancreatic fluid, and if left untreated for a long period of time, they can lead to chronic pancreatitis.
3. hyperlipidemia: fat embolism pancreatic blood vessels caused by local ischemia, capillary expansion damage to the blood vessel wall, resulting in pancreatic fluid excretion difficulties, thus causing pancreatitis.
4. Hereditary factors: Hereditary pancreatitis is a rare hereditary disease, parents have suffered from chronic pancreatitis, the probability of children suffering from chronic pancreatitis will increase.
There are many other causes of chronic pancreatitis, and patients with chronic pancreatitis should go to the hospital in a timely manner to find out the cause of the disease under the guidance of a professional doctor.