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Yes, your pancreas is a small organ in the body but very vital with insulin production. If it is inflamed, it cant function very well. Insulin will be block from the circulation. Glucose is up that will result to coma then death.
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∙ 13y agoWhen acute pancreatitis is mild, the Death Rate is about < 5%. However, in pancreatitis with severe damage and bleeding, or when the inflammation is not confined to the pancreas, the death rate can be as high as 10 to 50%
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∙ 14y agoYes you can die from pancreatic cancer. In most cases, people die because this disease cannot be detected soon enough.
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∙ 13y agoYes, it is known as pancreatic cancer.
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∙ 11y agoYes.
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I was diagnosed with neuroendocrine tumors on my pancreas in 2005.
