10 Patients Curl in Pain
When the patient of acute pancreatitis feels severe pain, they bend forward or curl into a ball. It reduces the severity of pain. Patients also describe that the pain becomes worse when lying flat on their back. This is because bending forward or curling releases the stress that is present on the pancreas.
All of these are alarming symptoms and should not be ignored. In chronic pancreatitis, patients experience pain radiating to the back, nausea, vomiting, bulky stools, weight loss, distended abdomen and diabetes. Chronic pancreatitis can change into acute pancreatitis in the presence of a few risk factors. This is why it is important to consult your doctor as soon as you experience these symptoms. Timely intervention is absolutely necessary to avoid complications like abscess formation, cyst formation and systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS). Patients who have gallstones, fibrosis or are alcoholic should be especially careful as they are at high risk of further complications.