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If injury to the pancreas continues, from drinking alcohol, for example, chronic pancreatitis may develop. Chronic pancreatitis occurs when digestive enzymes attack and destroy the pancreas and nearby tissues, causing scarring and pain. (Source: excerpt from Pancreatitis: NIDDK)
Chronic Pancreatitis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Chronic Pancreatitis, or a subtype of Chronic Pancreatitis,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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