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Please tell me, could acute pancreatitis be life threatening?
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Potentially yes: Acute pancreatitis can be severe, and can cause other organs to fail and lead to death. Most of the time, pancreatitis is mild to moderate and the pancreas recovers.
Answered 4/24/2014
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