Brief Answer: its pancreatitis due to alcohol intake Detailed Answer: Hi XXXXXXX Glad to hear from you again. It looks like you are sensitive to red meat. When you eat it, your stomach produces excess acid in response to it, leading to acute episode of gastritis. Also your pancreas is highly sensitive to alcohol in any concentration, leading to back pain at that region on its intake. It would be better to avoid those two, to prevent unwanted pain. These two diseases are chronic and medicine treat mostly symptomatically, to get a long lasting relief, you need to incorporate diatery modifications as per your body's reactions to certain food items. This is the best and safest way, with no side effects. Also reduce your stress level, as stress increases acid production in the stomach, leading to gastritis and back pain. Yes gastritis pain can also be referred to the back, as in your case. You can try meditation or yoga to reduce your stress. These lifestyle changes will go a long way in the cure of these disease. This I have already seen in so many of my patients. Many of them now dont need medicine even. Wishing you a healthy life with no stress. Dr. Ashish Verma

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Brief Answer: it is mild pancreatitis, more like an irritation Detailed Answer: Hi, Your pancreatitis is more like an irritation, not an inflammation, which get triggered by alcohol. So its not showing on ct or mri or blood tests. The only way is to stop alcohol intake. See, to put it in simple terms, it more like your pancreas is allergic to alcohol. When you take alcohol its gets irritated, and subsides when you dont. Its the initial stage, you continue alcohol and it will change to full blown pancreatitis. Then you can see the damage on the mri. Every person is different. They have different tolerance to different food items. For eg. some can drink liters of alcohol without any kick, while some get knocked out in a glass of bear. Yours being the initial stage, can be cured by diet alone. So no alcohol. Dr. Ashish Verma

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Brief Answer: sorry for the confusion. Detailed Answer: Dear XXXXXXX I m sorry for the confusion caused. Let me clarify it all. Your back is multifactorial, its primary cause is posture related muscle pain. For that you need to continue the excersises with yout PT. This gastritis and pancreatic irritation just add to it. Thats why i said, that what you actually need is a lifestyle modification. That includes your diet and posture and stress. And for that yoga is the best way, it will take care of most of the things. And this i m telling you with my years of experience with my patients. Just give it a try. There is nothing to loose. Regards Dr. Ashish Verma

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Brief Answer: it will be good for you Detailed Answer: Hi, I m glad that you have thought about my advice and decided to implement it. Be assured it will never be proved as a bad decision. It will strengthen your back, improve your posture and relieve stress. If you don't have further queries, you may close this discussion and rate the response. My best wishes for your yoga classes. Dr. Ashish Verma

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