A student learns what information about acute pancreatitis?
A)Autoimmune process with IgG attacking pancreatic acinar cells
B)It is usually a severe disease with a high mortality rate.
C)Pancreatic enzymes autodigest pancreatic cells and tissues.
D)Oversecretion of pancreatic enzymes and malnutrition

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Pancreatitis develops because of a blockage to the outflow of pancreatic digestive enzymes caused by bile duct or pancreatic duct obstruction (e.g., gallstones), or in some cases, it can also result from direct cellular injury from drugs or viral infection. Acute pancreatitis is usually a mild disease and spontaneously resolves; however, approximately 20% of those with the disease develop a severe acute pancreatitis that requires hospitalization. It is not due to an autoimmune process or oversecretion of enzymes leading to malnutrition.

A Student Learns What Information About Acute Pancreatitis