Various conditions can cause pain in the abdomen and back. These include menstrual pain, endometriosis, kidney stones, and pancreatitis. More serious causes include a kidney infection or appendicitis.

DEAR DRS. DONOHUE AND ROACH: I'm recovering from pancreatitis. No one can give me an explanation of how I got it. Let me answer one question right now: No, I don't drink alcohol. Everyone else has ...

Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is an irreversible, inflammatory disease leading to fibrosis and both exocrine and endocrine pancreatic insufficiency. Pain is the most debilitating symptom of CP, and its ...