Number of recurrences is significantly associated with the post-acute pancreatitis diabetes mellitus in a population with hypertriglyceridemic acute pancreatitis.

Background: Twenty-three percent of patients are diagnosed with diabetes mellitus after the first episode of acute pancreatitis. The incidence of post-acute pancreatitis diabetes mellitus is significantly higher than that of type 1 diabetes mellitus. Some studies have concluded that the all-cause mortality and worse prognosis of diabetes after pancreatitis are higher.

People's perceptions and experience of managing life after recurrent pancreatitis: a qualitative study in eastern China.

There is a high rate of recurrent hypertriglyceridemic acute pancreatitis (HTG-RAP) and risk of developing into chronic pancreatitis among recurrent hypertriglyceridemic acute pancreatitis. The key to avoiding recurrence is home-based self-management. However, self-management has proven to be difficult.