What are Pancreatic and Biliary Diseases?
Pancreatic and biliary disease affect your pancreas, liver, gallbladder, and bile ducts, thereby affecting the entire digestive health of your body. The pancreas contains two cells responsible for food digestion and metabolism control, located behind the stomach. The biliary tract involves the organs that make (liver), store (gallbladder), and transport bile.
Pancreatic and biliary diseases are genetically predetermined and are associated with long-term hurt to the organ.