Brief Answer: not really, in fact will reduce the pain Detailed Answer: Hi. Your Medical History, Current Medication, Known allergies and age noted. Usually the ERCP is done under sedation or general anesthesia. So practically there will be no pain during the procedure. Since ERCP is done to reduce the pressure in the ductal system of pancreas and / or biliary system by putting a stent , the pain should be reduced with a properly instituted procedure. There is a sphincter that guards the pancreatic and biliary ducts. It does not allow the food to go back into the ducts but allows only outflow of bile and pancreatic enzymes from the ducts into the duodenum (1 st part of small intestine). To facilitate the opening , outflow and passage of the stent this sphincter is cut across in a very small way and since all these area are insensitive to pain there is no pain after these procedures. So please go ahead, there will be no pain after the procedure; in fact the pain due to disease will be reduced , reducing the need of your medications. Wishing a successful ERCP.

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Brief Answer: Swelling caused by procedure can cause pain Detailed Answer: I thought so. Are there any other symptoms like malena ( black stools ), nausea , vomiting, distension of abdomen, fever or so? If there are no other associated symptoms, the pain caused by the resultant edema after the procedure will settle with time. Please follow the advice about diet, rest and medication as advised. Occasionally the stent gets blocked and the pain continues or come back.; and you have noted the pain is not like that of pancreatitis so your pain from blocked stent is not a possibility. I hope you have visited/ talked with your treating Doctor and he too must have reassured you.

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