The attack of acute pancreatitis is still more related to diet, and overeating a meal may trigger pancreatitis. We need to pay attention to the health of every meal we eat. Why do you get pancreatitis from “eating”? The causes of pancreatitis include biliary diseases such as cholecystitis and cholelithiasis, as well as duodenal papilla lesions, mumps, viral hepatitis and other factors. However, most acute pancreatitis in China is caused by diseases of the biliary system. Patients who have biliary system diseases, coupled with a poor diet, are prone to develop acute pancreatitis. How does overeating cause acute pancreatitis? Professor Au Jinrui said: “After overeating and eating too much high-fat and high-protein food, it will stimulate excessive secretion of pancreatic juice, and after the food enters the duodenum, it will stimulate edema of the duodenal papilla and cause spasm of the sphincter of Oddi, which is the factor that causes pancreatitis. There is also the factor of alcohol consumption, which itself tends to stimulate the sphincter of Oddi spasm.” A single inattentive meal may trigger pancreatitis Diet is associated with pancreatitis, but don’t get lucky and think you have to overeat many meals before pancreatitis may occur. Professor Au Jinrui pointed out that the number of times a diet triggers pancreatitis is not related to the number of meals, it may be one meal or many meals before it happens. It depends mainly on the condition of the pancreatic and biliary system at the time, to see if there are any underlying diseases, such as gallbladder stones and hyperlipidemia, hypercalcemia, etc. “It’s important to be healthy at every meal, and there may be one inattentive meal that can lead to acute pancreatitis.” Some people are often prone to acute abdominal pain after a full meal or overeating, which is a symptom of acute pancreatitis, so be alert to whether it is acute pancreatitis. Many diseases can cause acute abdominal pain, but the “pain” caused by acute pancreatitis will be more acute, compared to a little more intense. The pain is usually located in the upper abdomen to the left. The back also hurts, and because the pancreas is in the posterior retroperitoneum, there is a tie-like pain in the abdomen. In addition, pancreatitis has obvious clinical symptoms such as vomiting and abdominal distension. Don’t take painkillers to relieve pain. When acute pancreatitis attacks cause abdominal pain, don’t take painkillers by yourself and don’t take care of it by yourself. Because taking painkillers can mask some symptoms and may affect the doctor’s diagnosis. In severe cases of acute pancreatitis, it can cause a drop in blood pressure and even cause shock, which is a lethal disease and requires urgent hospital treatment. When acute pancreatitis attacks, special attention should be paid to the diet. In order to inhibit the secretion of pancreatic juice, one should completely fast to avoid food and acidic gastric juice reaching the duodenum, causing irritation to the pancreas and causing continuous destruction of the pancreas.