Hey ive been diagnosed wiht pancreatitis
at the end of my 8th grade year. At that
time I did alot of research on it and on
numerous sites I had picked up that
drinking was bad for peopel with
pancreatitis. With my case there is no
known cause or anythign like that to say
why I have it. And I was curious that
for a case that is not known to be caused
my alcohol if alcohol would cause another
attack where I have to be hospitalized or
what. I would really appreciate someone
clearing this up for me
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Carolyn4100
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Sep 2004 Posts: 1
Posted: 09-30-04 01:04am
I have hereditary chronic pancreatitis,
diagnosed at age 10. I am now 22 and
have had many recurrent flare ups over the
years--some worse than others. I can
tell you from personal experience,
drinking is not good for your pancreas.
To be honest, I still do it--i guess we
all do things that are bad for us until
they catch up with us--but I know I
shouldn't. I know I am destroying my
pancreas by doing it---you have to make
the decision. Drinking is probably the
single worst thing you can do!
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ReeAnn
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 15 Location: Virginia
Drinking And Pancreatitis Posted: 01-03-05 06:00am
Regardless of what caused pancreatitis,
drinking is the worse thing you can do if
you have any pancreatic disorder. The 3
main things that shouldbe avoided are:
1. Alcohol
2. Fat in the diet
3. Stress
you are very young yet, and might not
wirry about how life will be when you are
40 or 50 or even 60. It does get worse
with time!!
I am now 47 yrs old and I think my first
attack happened when I was 8 years old.
Only I never got a diagnosis. Was just
told it was an "intestinal disorder of
unknown origin". If only I knew then
what I know now.... I was never a heavy
drinker, but I did drink socially, until I
found out about the pancreatitis about 5
years ago. If I knew that pancreatitis
was my problem, I would have never drank
any!! I hurt bad every single day of my
life!! And that is the beginning of all
the problems I have now................
I know a place where teens can go and get
support from other teens with this
disease. If you would like this
information, please write to me at reeann@thepancreatitisplace.Org
