Gastritis and chronic pancreatitis can be identified by symptoms, blood work, gastroscopy, and ultrasound.
Although abdominal pain is present in both gastritis and chronic pancreatitis, most of the abdominal pain caused by gastritis is in the upper and middle abdomen and may worsen after irregular eating or food irritation. Most chronic pancreatitis abdominal pain is in the mid-abdomen, lasts longer, and may radiate to the lower back.
Blood amylase and lipase are usually increased in chronic pancreatitis, which are common digestive enzymes secreted by the pancreas, and chronic pancreatitis is more likely if abdominal pain blood work suggests increased amylase lipase. This is not usually the case in patients with gastritis.
Gastroscopy in patients with gastritis can see congested, red, swollen or atrophic gastric mucosa, and ultrasonography in chronic pancreatitis can reveal a congested, edematous pancreas with a thickened pancreatic duct. These two methods can also be identified.
Gastritis or chronic pancreatitis can not guess by yourself, you should consult a doctor in a timely manner, improve the relevant examination, clear the disease, under the guidance of the doctor, targeted treatment.