Pancreatitis, a disease that lurks nightlife

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Not long ago, there was a famous DJ in the world who decided to step down from the stage Electronic Dance Music (EDM) live, his name is Tim Bergling or better known as Avicii.

The 26-year-old man resigned from the EDMP stage because of acute pancreatitis. This disease is usually experienced by someone who has an unhealthy lifestyle, such as smoking a lot and drinking alcohol too often.

Avicii may have a pretty bad lifestyle, because he turned out to be among those who like excessive drinking. Forbes' most expensive DJ has actually been doing surgery on the gallbladder and appendicitis in 2014. Unfortunately until now the disease is difficult to cure and made him have to step back from the stage live.

As we know, the life of a DJ is often often not healthy because it is close to alcohol and cigarettes. It's not surprising that they are more susceptible to diseases related to the liver.

But learning from the case of this Swedish DJ, people who are close to nightlife who usually have abnormal hours of sleep and consume a lot of alcoholic beverages, seem to have to be aware of the risk of this disease.

What is pancreatitis?

Acute pancreatitis, as experienced by Avicii, is an inflammation of the pancreas and usually occurs suddenly. Continuous injuries to the pancreas can cause increasingly chronic conditions. Acute pancreatitis can be fatal and cause many complications.

In the United States alone, every year there are always around 50,000-80,000 cases. As many as 20% of them are severe cases. However, in more serious cases, shock and death can occur.

The death of someone due to consuming alohol reached a record high in 2014. The report was revealed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and more than 30,700 people died of alcoholism and liver damage in 2015. One of the consequences and causes of death was an accident or a car crash, because of consuming alcohol. The amount is around 17.1%.

Alcohol, as one of the main causes in making a person exposed to acute pancreatitis, has certain substances which have an ethanol level of 1% -55%, so that it can make a person's feelings change, if consumed in excess. Ranging from irritability to damaged brain tissue.

In a discovery revealed by Public Health England (PHE), there was a 1% increase due to alcohol, from 22,779 deaths in 2013 to 22,967 deaths in 2014.

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that by 2025, the average Chinese community will consume 1.5 liters of pure alcohol. However, countries in Eastern Europe and Russia will remain the "home" of the world's largest alcohol drinkers.

Yes, maybe it's rather difficult to change this alcoholic habit. Especially for DJs who always appear at night, even before dawn. As a result of alcohol itself is getting worse, considering their sleeping hours also become disturbed. But keep in mind, even if you're a hobby, you can still have fun without drinking too much alcohol. It is not like that?

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