pancreatitis and jaundice

It sounds like your husband has at least pancreatitis based on CT, but it is unusual that the other blood work was normal. Usually pancreatitis presents with elevated amylase and/or lipase. Significant weight loss is concerning for cancer. Jaundice, dark urine, and light stools would also be concerning if present.

We rushed him to the ER where they diagnosed him with food bloat. Within 2 days he developed pancreatitis and started to show significant signs of improvement (more energy, more appetite, drinking water, no more swelling, not tender, etc). They allowed us to treat him at home as long as he was eating and drinking and getting better every day, which he had been. We brought him back to the vet twice for extra fluids.

My liver numbers were elevated because the tumor I was developing pressed against the bile duct, causing the jaundice and the other effects thereof. The pain you describe reads like descriptions I have seen of pancreatitis pain. Chronic, acute pancreatitis MAY lead to pancreatic cancer. Best thing to do is get a complete work up by your primary care doctor, which is what I did.

This could be a sign of pancreatitis, and is a medical emergency. https://columbiasurgery.org/pancreas/symptoms-pancreatitis Any time you have new and severe pain like this, it should be checked out promptly. It might not be as serious as pancreatitis, but he needs to be examined.

I dont't know about the hepatitis but I do know from experience it causes pancreatitis and yellow jaundice when you drink too much. It wouldn't hurt for you to drink a lot of water. I am in recovery from drinking too much all the time. The elevated enzymes can be a sign of liver or pancreas problems.

The other causes could be jaundice if there is yellowish discoloration of skin, food poisoning if the symptoms occurred shortly after taking food, peptic ulcer disease and sometimes cholecystitis and pancreatitis. Please discuss this with your doctor am sure he will provide further assistance. In the meantime take oral fluids. Hope this helped and do keep us posted.

I tested for hep a, b , c and it all went negative, my doc underwent a ultrasound for me and he detected gallbladder stone and fatty liver. He suspected it was caused by my gallbladder stone. i had a very very high sgpt, sgot and gamma. tested for afp tumour marker and it was also negative. also done mrcp, which stated no dilatation in my pancreatic duct and no stones in my bile duct but the doctor said it already went down. whats ur opinion guys i feel very tired to find a correct analysis.

Pancreatitis can often be diagnosed clinically based on symptoms and/or labs (e.g., lipase, and to a lesser extent amylase). CT can confirm this, showing fat stranding around the pancreas, but the main role of CT is to evaluate complications of acute pancreatitis (e.g., necrosis, collections, etc.) and/or sequela of chronic pancreatitis (e.g., calcifications).

There is a website with information on digestive and kidney diseases(and pancreatitis) that the National Institutes of Health sponsor. Perhaps you can find some helpful information. I take one Prilosec, 20 mg(prescribed); Prilosec ,10 mg is sold OTC at any pharmacy. Here is the website: http:digestive.niddk.gov. I do not know why, but the website takes you to Google that list the same URL. Click on the Heading, Digestive, and search.

I need your input. I'm trying to figure out what is causing pain in my upper right abdominal cavity. It is a fairly localized pain, radiating towards the back. It started in December 2008. The pain was off and on, kind of a dull aching pain, but has started to become more frequent and more painful. I thought alcohol might be the cause (though I don't drink regularly - maybe two weekends a month, 5-10 drinks per weekend), but I took it easy and stopped drinking.

Last week I was in the hospital for 6 days where they inserted 2 stints. One to relieve the jaundice where the cyst was blocking my bile duct, and another from pancreas to stomcach. Then they drained the cyst endoscopically. They said my gallbadder was huge and full of sludge and needed to eventually be removed. I am going back in 2 weeks for a"stint exchange"?" My problem is I have been in intense pain for the past two days.

The other causes could be jaundice if there is yellowish discoloration of skin, food poisoning if the symptoms occurred shortly after taking food, peptic ulcer disease and sometimes cholecystitis and pancreatitis. Please consult your primary care physician for further evaluation. In the meantime take oral fluids and OTC acetaminophen for the pain. Regards.

Yellow tinge to the eyes is one of the symptoms of jaundice. A fever and not feeling well all over (malaise) sound like you might be having some issues with your liver, gall bladder or pancreas. I think of a couple of things: Gallstones or a Gallbladder that is not functioning right. Pancreatitis: Inflammation of the pancreas which can cause jaundice and feeling ill. Hepatitis A or B: Any form of hepatitis can cause these symptoms too. You should see your doctor asap for testing.

To Whom It May Concern- I am a 30 y/o female with a history of GI disturbance, mainly chronic diarrhea and abdominal spasms. I have been through the workups of both a full colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy. I've had my stool tested for parasites/infections. I've had the workup for bacterial overgrowth in the my small intesting as well. All workups are negative minus some mild nondescript inflammation on sigmoidoscopy.

The other causes could be jaundice if there is yellowish discoloration of skin, food poisoning if the symptoms occurred shortly after taking food, peptic ulcer disease and sometimes cholecystitis and pancreatitis. You can follow up with an abdominal ultrasonography to detect any structural abnormalities. Hope this helped and do keep us posted.

If your report says that your bilirubin is high, then you probably have jaundice (jaundice is the accumulation of bilirubin under the skin) and some type of liver disease that needs further testing and diagnosis. My two cents. Take care and God bless.

Are there any other changes in behavior or any other symptoms aside from the jaundice and vomiting? Did she happen to get into a bunch of fatty food before symptoms showed up?

Go seek a second opinion with a highly recommended Gastroenterology Specialist. My mother was having back pain and thought she had arthritis. Turned jaundice after a few rounds of Tylenol Arthritis. Healthy as could be and a former nurse. Went in after the jaundice appeared. Ended up with Gallbladder Cancer. This however is a sister issue to Pancreatic and very rare but becoming prevalent these days. Had to be looked for and carefully. Diagnosed early as well.

Jaundice does not only happen from a problem with the liver, but also because of gallstones, pancreatitis, kidney disease, and various other sorts of problems, like anemia or Hep C. The bun and creatinine number has to do with kidneys, but I do not recognize the number you have as relates to anything I'm used to seeing.

severe anemia, irregular heartbeat, brain aneurism, pancreatitis (pancreas failure), jaundice (yellowing of the skin) due to liver failure (fatal), kidney failure (fatal), massive stroke (fatal), massive heart attack (fatal), and suicide." Very sad to hear if this is true.

Having LDH and all other pancreatic enzymes back to normal, plus all pancreatic imaging beeing normal, excludes any severe pancreatic disease. Even, if it was pancreatitis, it was slight, and has gone until now. No cancer from these results. Doctor ordered another CT; maybe he thinks there are small metastases from some extra-abdominal cancer. May be a pancreatic (and liver) scintigraphy would show more. 3.

I have been reading online and think I may have Pancreatitis? Are these symptoms consistent with Pancreatitis? I also have read about Fibromyalgia as well b/c these autoimmune diseases seem to occur together, but I just cant get myself to think that this is just a muscoskeletal pain problem especially since its mainly in the area where my kidneys are located. I have an appt with a GI dr next week so I am hoping i can get some answers.

If you have eosinophic esophagitis, have you found the foods that you are allergic to - that are triggering some of the symtpoms that you're having? Eosinophic esophagitis is an entitiy that is distinct from GERD. Vascular problems in to the pancreas can also cause an inhomogenous pancreas.

Hello, Thank you to anyone who may respond and offer information in regards to my post. My simple history is I have been diagnosed with acute pancreatitis and then was upgraded chronic p. I have been to a slew of doctors(GP/GIs) who have done numerous tests including multiple ultrasounds, amylase/lipase serums, ct scan with contrast, and a hida scan with all of them showing negative results. My pancreatitis seems to come and go for no apparent reason.

thanks for the coment ,ive always felt like the CT scan missed what the problem was, i mean i went down the list of symptoms from Chronic pancreatitis and Panc Cancer, and it was 6 for Yes and 1 for no on CP and it was 4 yes and 4 no for panc cancer, not that u can go,oh u have CP ,because of that,but ive been having these symptoms since June 6th 2013,my GI doctor 1st thought IBS,so i went two months with trying to fix ,went back after the two months ,he did the CA 19-9 and the CBC,and now co

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