These pressure changes often leave your ears feeling plugged or as if they need to pop to feel normal again. Sounds seem muffled, and your ears may hurt. To unstop them, you need to regain the pressure balance between the middle ear and your eardrum.
There are two main types, acute pancreatitis and chronic pancreatitis. Symptoms of pancreatitis include pain in the upper abdomen, nausea and vomiting. The pain often goes into the back and is usually severe. In acute pancreatitis a fever may occur and symptoms typically resolve in a few days.
People with pancreatitis tend to feel very sick all the time. Pancreatitis is commonly a result of gallstones obstructing the release of digestive enzymes or from heavy alcohol intake. Some other causes of pancreatitis can be trauma, surgery, medications, and even metabolic disorders. In the United Kingdom, four in 100,000 people suffer from acute pancreatitis annually. For about 30% of patients with acute pancreatitis, the cause for the condition is not known.