Pancreatitis may lead to diabetes.
Pancreatitis is a localized or diffuse progressive inflammation of the pancreas due to a variety of causes, accompanied by irreversible damage to the internal and external secretory functions of the pancreas, and the damage to the pancreas may damage the pancreatic β-cells, which may lead to diabetes.
Acute pancreatitis will lead to stressful elevation of blood glucose, which may return to normal after active treatment of pancreatitis; whereas chronic pancreatitis leads to diabetes after long-term inflammation invades the pancreas and damages the pancreatic β-cells.
Therefore, in the early stage of the onset of pancreatitis, it is necessary to find the cause of the disease, timely treatment, try to avoid or reduce the pancreatic function damage caused by pancreatitis, and during the treatment period, the diet should be based on light and easy to digest, quit smoking, quit drinking.