Chronic pancreatitis nursing care plan

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And that is something to have checked especially if you have had 4 bouts of pancreatitis already. If you have Pancreatitis, it NEVER goes away once you have gone chronic. With 4 episodes under your belt, I would be surprised if you have not gone chronic yet. You titled this Severe Pancreatitis. It usually doesn't get to that stage without you being Chronic. The pancreas is an organ that DOES NOT rejuvinate itself. Once damaged it is damaged for life.

My husband has had chronic pancreatitis for the past 5 years. We found out 5 months ago he has course calicifications throughout the pancreas with cysts on the head and tail. He is insulin-diabetic now and has lost approx 40 pounds. He has good and bad days. My concern is this. When he feels "bad" an odor of feces eminates from his body. Or sometimes it even smells like really dirty oily hair...mild but nonetheless notable. I am very concerned and can't seem to find an answer.

I am not so sure it is Pancreatic CA. In my nursing career; I have been a nurse for 14 years, have I only taken care of one patient in your age group with Pancreatic CA. Any family history of cancer puts you at risk for any type of cancer. I think I have a family history of 8-10 different types of cancers. I wish you all the best. Hang in there.

I was hospitalized in the summer and one of my roommates while I was in was in for chronic pancreatitis. She had never been a drinker but she had had gastric bypass and apparently it's a side effect for some people who've had that surgery. From what I understand, the pain can be very bad. This woman had been hospitalized 5 or 6 times in a little under a year.

I'm not sure if you had said if you had an acute pancreatitis episode or if you have chronic pancreatitis. I know that your pancreas needs to rest, so, unfortunately, it's probably good that they have you NPO. My mom & her twin sister had/have chronic pancreatitis. My mom took enzymes for her pancreas and she had to watch what she ate - she tried to stay away from fatty foods (ie no chalupas), although, sometimes that was hard.

gov/swineflu/ which CDC has promised to update at 3pm EST daily. To be prepared, make a plan for your family to consider how you would manage if your community was disrupted for 2 weeks: - do you have food & water stored? - if you have chronic illness, do you have enough for 2 weeks? - how would you manage your children if they couldn't go to school for 2 weeks? - do you have a communications plan with your family? e.g. where to meet in case of disaster.

I was so bad at the start of taking both drugs I could not move from a chair or open my eyes without a feeling my brain was swimming, I have had chronic in my elbows for 6 years and have forgotten what a pain free life is. MSB - UK Having had a traumatic amputation of my lower leg I was given Tramadol. 8 months on I am well and truly hooked. Any lower dose of Tramadol gives me sweats anxiousness, loss of temper, loss of patience, flu-like joint pain and hyper alertness.

(by the way.....you made a typo. I wrote Phase 3; you I think, wrote Prove 3 in your first sentance. It's easy to get the two confused. Sorry; visit the clinical trials site. One of the inclusion requirement is; "Must have chronic hepatitis C (genotype 1) and have already received at least one prior course of peginterferon with ribavirin " I would guess that means any other genotype is an automatic exclusion. I didn't really read it immediately before posting.

Remember though, that no one should be giving you medical instructions or medical advice on health-related matters except your health care team. Take care of yourself. Good luck and Godspeed. When you do find answers,please post to let everyone know what you found and how you got rid of your symptoms. It gives people on this site hope to hear success stories.

I am a nurse and I too suffer form chronic pain syndrome. I have cystic fibrosis and chronic pancreatitis. I too have tried absolutely every avenue available for pain managment includng holistic medicine(which I still do). But, unfortunatley I have found that narc's are the only thing that makes life bearable. I completely understand your fear about addiction b/c I used to worry myself sick about it. THe fact of the matter is you take the meds to improve your quality of life.

I'm an alarmist and have concerns about having chronic pancreatitis, so am reluctant to have another ERCP unless absolutely necessary.

Just a thought - have you been tested for Crohn's and/or pancreatitis? Both of these diseases can present with the symptoms you are experiencing. Are you seeing a gastroenterologist, rather than a surgeon? An upper endoscopy of the GI tract, and a colonoscopy of the large intestine can rule out many disorders, or indeed, lead to a definitive diagnosis and then appropriate treatment.

I really think you hit it right with the Chronic pancreatitis. Although Chronic pancreatitis is very hard to diagnose. People with CP often show nothing with blood tests. Even at the time of an attack. The Dr who did my ERCP with menometry said the only way to truly find out if CP is your problem is the measure the pressure in the duct that goes directly into the pancreas. Which they don't like to do because of the risk involved.

Hi. You don't say where you are located. If I were you, I would try to find a hepatologist (a liver disease expert) that is especially knowledgeable and experienced in treating hepatitis C genotype 4 patients. A hepatologists at a teaching hospital would be your best option if it is available to you. They will be aware of the most effective treatments for genotype 4 hepatitis C.

I am a 40 year old female with mild SLE X 15yrs. Never on steroids and no renal invovlment. Since early disease I have had episodic splenic flexure area, severe colicky pain, worsened by anything PO, assoc. with occassionally diarrhea, other times vomiting. These episodes are self resolving in 1-2 dyas with bowel rest.Flex sig was negative, flat plates show dilated loops when having pain. Recently I have had localized, hepatic flexure area pain with a clean gallbladder sono and no rise in LFTs.

that they keep saying that he will have in the future is more acute pancreatitis that he will go through on top of chronic pancreatitis. Apparently, it's going to be painful. They saw that he will go home in a few days. For those that have been keeping up with my story, you know that I have not left that hospital in a week and have been very supportive.

At this point, I honestly don't care what's done so long as this pain in completely taken care of or at least eased. I do plan on telling my mom about the medication. I should have a a doctors appointment in the next week or so, seeing as I'm nearly out of Paxil and my mom wanted me to talk to the doctor before getting more. I just hate being on pills. I've heard bad things about Paxil.

I'm on them because I have bad chronic pancreatitis and cystic fibrosis. I'm trying to wean but it has been difficult b/c of pain and w/d's and the docs say teh w/d can hurt the baby. So, if I am dependent that does that mean the baby has a higher chance of being too? I've heard so many conflicting things. I talked to a neonatologist that said it totally depends and noone knows. But, they must have some idea.

maybe the people who are having problems had something that wasn't actually gallbladder related, I am no Dr but thats what I would think...something like pancreatitis that is chronic. I am in nursing school and actually observed a gallbladder surgery. The stones are about the size of a beebee or a little bigger, perfectly round and green. They are all lined up in rows perfectly...I was so facsinated when the surgeon showed us students.

my career as a critical care nurse is over. i am so scared to go through the sphincter stenting and sphincterotomy. i just don't see that anyone gets any better from this. maybe it's because i just haven't met them! i only meet the ones that never get better. anybody out there ever gotten better after the stenting? i'm scared and depressed. what a life altering experience at the age of 35. i have two children; corey is 3 and ted is 18 months old. i wonder why this has happened to all of us.

Hi, just checking in to see how you are doing..How is your ledtvovary? Have the birth control pills helped? How are they seeing the cysts? Ultrasound? I had a hysterectomy when I was 32. In 1982..but when they got in thee they had to take the left one, take the right appendix and the rt ovary was twisted around the ovary.. I was working standing on my feet for 8 hours and my back pain at night was excruciating..I could take Motrin 600mg 4 times a day and that was all..

I'm having surgery next week for a EUS, where they go in and look at all my organs, take any biopsies that they need to, drain fluids if they need to and basically come up with the definite answer if this is chronic pancreatitis. I haven't felt good the last few days but have made it through with working, etc.. and I've taken off Wednesday and Thursday to work the weekend. It's less stressful than the week day and I was throwing up yesterday and didn't think much of it.

This may not be family (although it may help to talk to them at some point and your doctor would be a good person to talk with, or perhaps a counsellor. I am wondering if he would be able to put you in touch with a palliative care nurse as they are able to offer just the right level of care and support and understand how to help. On a practical level it may help you to make sure that you ensure that you have put everything in order in respect of your wishes when you die.

Why cant they give us a time frame so we can be prepared. The nurse did tell me to get a power of attorney. please anyone ever heard of a situation like this oh to reasons i have no clue hes not a candidate for a liver transplant.. Is he so sick because he has several factors of liver disease? Im just having a hard time believing hes going to die if his prognosis is that then I want to stop denying it & be ready I cant even Cry Im so Numb.... Please someone Help?????

Laughter is good medicine and some of those stories are really humorous. One thing that I remember is the birth of my fourth child. I went into labor in the middle of the night (what a surprise) and was alone with my other kids. Had to get a sitter and take a taxi to the hospital. It was freezing rain. When the taxi driver saw me he nearly freaked out - he was SO young and nervous. When we got to the hospital, he ran inside and left me and my bag of stuff in the car.

I've read a lot of horror stories on here about suboxone. I work in the health care field and I see chronic pain patients all the time who have been using pain medication as prescribed for years. Granted they are usually elderly and sick or they wouldn't be taking them. I have not seen them develop tolerance either. It is hard to assess from them if there are long term effects of not since they have underlying conditions. It is a fact that ALL medications have side effects.

my symptoms were similar to blue skies. chronic fatigue for years and fibromyalgia. couldnt do much of anyhting (gardening, etc) without paying a great price with terrible muscle soreness and chronic neck and spine pain. i was a regular at the chiropractor and massage therapist office. i reacted (over reacted) to every little medicine and substance and had lots of stomach problems. bloating, etc... dry eyes and no stamina. quality of life not good. during tx.

Thursdays are always see the doctor, bandage change, blood and urine days. My doctor had the nurse pull my picc line out about a 1/2 inch because I kept getting irregular heart rhythms and cramping in my left arm at night when I sleep on my left side. Doc said sometimes the picc line can irritate the heart. I also decided to continue with my I.V. antibiotic treatment for another month. Everyone who I see in treatment tells me you really notice a difference after the second month.

Dear Cathy, Acid reflux ( acid entering the chest and causing burning discomfort or pain) is a common, chronic or recurrent condition. Sometimes a specific precipitating factor is identified (e.g. binge of alcohol use or starting a new medication)but often no specific cause is identified. Most gastroenterologists would initially treat empirically with an acid suppression drug (examples include Tagamet, Zantac, Prilosec or Prevacid), assuming that there are no alarm symptoms e.g.

he has it. He has many other complications, also due to iron overload, like pancreatic nodules and inflammation, gallbladder disease, joint pain and very fatigued, and has found out from recent liver biopsy that he has stage 2 peri-portal fibrosis with grade 3 inflammation...I can't really understand the way they wrote the report...I think that is what it says, but there's more to it than that, just can't understand it. He is very nervous about treatment...

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