Travis Barker reportedly hospitalized with pancreatitis after a colonoscopy. Gastroenterologists say it's extremely rare.

• According to reports, Barker is in the hospital because of pancreatitis.

• It's rare for colonoscopies to cause pancreatitis after one.

• The story doesn't make sense to a doctor.

Early reports didn't show the cause of Barker's hospitalization.

Sources have told the gossip website that the singer has an illness. The left side of the abdomen is home to the pancreas, a glands that breaks down food. It can help regulate blood sugar.

Doctors thought Barker's condition was related to a recent colonoscopy, according to the website. Men with an average risk of colon cancer should get a colonoscopies every 10 years. The person is 46 years old.

The reports should be taken with a grain of salt, according to a New York doctor.

He said that it was hard to believe that he had a colonoscopy and that he had pancreatitis.

Most pancreatitis cases are due to gallstones or alcohol abuse

It is rare for colonoscopies to have a reaction to anesthesia, bleeding, or a tear in the intestinal wall.

It's rare for a person to develop pancreatitis from a colonoscopy because of the way the pancreas is related to the part of the colon probed during the procedure. He said that it's not something we consider.

He said that 80% of the cases of pancreatitis are due to alcohol abuse, and that most of the other cases are due to medications or other procedures.

It's not uncommon for a person to have pancreatitis. A person having a sigmoid colonis is not uncommon. A person has pancreatitis because of a colonosocpy.

There are case reports describing pancreatitis after colonoscopy

A 53-year-old woman was diagnosed with pancreatitis after going to the emergency room with abdominal pain. Two hours after her colonoscopy, she began to experience pain.

She spent 11 days in the hospital after developing an inflammatory reaction to the procedure.

The doctors don't know how a colonoscopy can lead to pancreatitis, but it could happen if the tool causes the pancreas to get worse. If it's a reaction to the colon being puffed up too much during the procedure, too much pressure on the abdomen, or irritation from a burning tool, it's possible.

Once more common diagnoses are ruled out, pancreatitis shouldn't be overlooked, according to the case report.

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