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Could you get mild acute pancreatitis without knowing? because after a night of heavy drinking i was vomiting after eating im not a heavy drinker

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Pancreatitis: if you are only a mild drinker and then drink heavily it is more likely alcoholic gastritis than pancreatitis

Answered 9/12/2015

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