Acute pancreatitis in children

Acute pancreatitis is a disease mainly caused by pancreatic digestive enzymes being activated in the pancreas due to various reasons, and pancreatic self-digestion occurs. The causes are various and related to the overflow of pancreatic juice into the pancreatic stroma and its surrounding tissues. The disease is often easily ignored or misdiagnosed in the early stages of the disease. Common features are sudden epigastric pain, vomiting, and increased serum amylase. Onset of the disease can be divided into light and heavy according to its severity. Acute pancreatitis is rare in childhood, but can occur in newborns. The manifestations of neonatal acute pancreatitis are similar to those of other age groups, except that abdominal pain cannot be stated, and jaundice may deepen and bloating.

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