Inflammation from pancreatitis can cause digestive enzymes to leak into the pancreas. This can result in damage and death of the tissue, leading to necrotizing pancreatitis.

A pancreatic elastase test, also known as a stool elastase, FE-1, or fecal elastase test, measures how much elastase is in your poop. Elastase is an enzyme produced by the pancreas during the ...

Pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) is a treatment for exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI). Learn more about how this treatment works in alleviating digestive symptoms.

Pancreatitis cases are increasing in India, especially among young adults. Experts link it to alcohol use, gallstones, ...

THIS review will discuss the enzymes that have been found elevated in the serum in acute pancreatitis and various parapancreatic diseases. Because of the variable clinical picture and the inaccessi ...