
 Originally Posted by 
Angelo937 
					
				 
				^^^ if people cant help it when it comes to eating at night before going to sleep advice lang nga tagilid lang mo kung matulog... kanang relax ang inyo tiyan. 
			
		 
	 
 .. no, that's the worst thing you should do. Don't sleep on your side when you sleep with a very full stomach. To make it short, the pancreas secretes enzymes to help digest your food. It's duct is located at the junction between your stomach and small intestine. When food goes out from the stomach and going in the small intestine, the pancreas will then be activated and secrete those enzymes. Now, if you have a very full stomach, and you'll be lying on your side, chances are, your stomach will rest heavily on your pancreas, thus blocking it's duct. But the pancreas won't stop with it's enzyme secretions, it will continue to do so but it's duct is blocked, so where does it's enzymes go?? It will stay inside the pancreas, thus inflammation occurs within. The pancreas is " eating" itself. 
.. best advice for those people who have this habit of going to sleep after eating, sleep sitting down, or sleep in an inclined chair. Wait for 30 - 40 mins till you can lay down to bed.
.. trivia:
.. the 
 ITIS  suffix refers to an inflammation
example: pancreaTITIS = inflammation of the pancreas
       tonsilITIS = inflammation of the tonsils
      conjuctiviTIS ( piskat ) = inflammation of the conjuctiva.