Pancreatitis can be divided into chronic or acute type. Chronic type may last for a few years, while acute type will appear suddenly and last for a few days. Both types will result as below:

• Upper abdominal pain, this pain may refer to back pain
• Vomiting

Other gastrointestinal or pancreatic/bile diseases may also lead to the above symptoms, thus, clinical symptoms and image check such as computer tomography are needed for confirmation of the disease.