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                 Acute pancreatitis is a medical condition in which there is acute and severe abdominal pain, accompanied by nausea and vomiting. There is acute inflammation in the pancreas and blood tests like serum amylase and serum lipase are highly elevated. This condition is quite serious, with a high potential for complications like infection, peritonitis, abdominal rupture, and septicemia. Acute pancreatitis, therefore, carries a significantly increased risk of morbidity and mortality; however, with proper treatment, most patients recover completely. In chronic pancreatitis, the patient experiences chronic or intermittent severe abdominal pain, in the middle or left side of the abdomen. This pain may occur after meals or independently of meals, is not transient, and may last for several hours. The chronic, continuing inflammatory process gradually destroys the organ fully or partially in an irreversible manner. The presence of stones, cysts, increased lobularity, and dilated duc