Pancreatitis nursing case study
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I am a occupational therapy student and have a case study on an 8 year old boy who has developed enuresis at night, he has started to soil himself, as a result is being bullied at school, he is reluctant to go to school and complains of physical symptoms stomach ache and head ache
his mother died at the age of five, his dad has recently started a new relationship
please can you help, give any suggestions as to why he may being doing these things
Anyone else out there suffering from Chronic (and acute) pancreatitis and/or sphincter of Oddi dysfunction?
Would love to chat about how to manage these disorders.
t start treatment with a medication that can cause pancreatitis while you have pancreatitis. I bet any doctor would tell you that. Epclusa includes sofosbuvir which lists "pancreatitis" as a possible side effect.
Here's a study that says....
"There were 7 grade 3 events including anemia, neutropenia, nausea, hypophosphatemia, and cholelithiasis or pancreatitis."
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.
IFN rarely causes Pancreatitis during tx (7 out of 1706 patients in this study) All patients' pancreatitis resolved after stopping tx.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15309891
There are over a dozen much more common things that might cause it.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/pancreatitis/ds00371/dsection=causes
"Pancreatitis occurs when digestive enzymes produced in your pancreas become activated while inside the pancreas, causing damage to the organ.
•Upper abdominal pain that radiates into the back. It may be aggravated by eating, especially foods high in fat.
•Swollen and tender abdomen
•Nausea and vomiting
•Fever
•Increased heart rate
How Is Pancreatitis Diagnosed?
To diagnose acute pancreatitis, doctors measure levels in the blood of two digestive enzymes, amylase and lipase. High levels of these two enzymes strongly suggest acute pancreatitis.
I had my gallbladder out 3 months ago after a bout with pancreatitis. Since then I have had 2 problems. First is constant nausea. It is especially bad in the morning but is there pretty much all day. The second is that every 2 weeks or so I get unbearable pain in my stomach between the bottom of my rib cage and belly button. The pain lasts between 20 and 60 minutes.
10 years ago I started with severe abdominal pain diagnosed pancreatitis with amylase levels over 500. I have had my amylase fractionated and it is coming from my pancrease (not salivary or ovarian). Severe acute attacks intermittently managed with pain medication and diet (good days and bad days type of thing) for 5 years before I finally had a CCK HIDA with an ejection fraction of 7%.
There are several reasons that patients can have similar pain after removal of the gallbladder. The timing of presentation affects the orer of the list. Within a year of surgery a retained stone (i.e. an unsuspected one left behind in the bile duct) would be more common than a new one. Approximately 1% of patients will eventually make a new stone within the bile duct. These are typically pigment stones that for because of mild infection and the action of the bacteria on bilirubin.
I am on my 4th gastroenterologist and all of them agree that i do not have chronic pancreatitis. I have been tested for automimmune pancreatitis and I do not have it....
they have to do hida scan because mrcp shows moderate distended gallbladder, he swells up like he is 7 months pregnant and has been since march and these are the answers we are getting. can you help answer anything to this madness? maybe,,, he has chronic pancreatitis and causing gallbladder issues? lab work is shifting low on some liver tests and high on others and hematocrit low pt high carotene low,,,i dont know,,,they are ruling out wilsons disease because of borderline testing,,,now what??
The endoscopy found mild gastritis. All other test are normal.The pancreatic specialist did not mention pancreatitis at the time and only prescribed nexium and sulcrafate for the gastritis. I am 67, and never had a previous bout with pancreatitis. Moderate beer drinker. How should I be treated?
I have had pancreatitis before and this does feel very similar. Fortunately, this time it went away but pancreatitis is extremely painful and doesn't go away. I was kept in the hospital for 7 days, no food, no water, intravenous fluids and strong pain medication every 2 to 4 hours as needed! I NEVER want to experience that again but I can't help but fear that I will. My pancreas was damaged by both the diabetes and by the pancreatitis so my chances are high of having this reoccur.
Hi. I'm a nursing student. This Saturday, we will be having a Small Presentation of our Case.
I would like to ask if why is the patient had taken a Blood Test. Here are the Laboratory Exam Results.
Test Results Normal Value: Interpretation
Cholesterol
Result: 5.6
Normal Value:0.00 – 5.20 mmol/L
NORMAL.
Triglycerides
Result:1.12
Normal Value:0.00 – 2.26 mmol/L
NORMAL.
HDL
Result:1.52
Normal Value:1.00 – 1.60 mmol/L
NORMAL.
LDL
Result:3.59
Normal Value:0.00 – 3.
I had severe case of acute pancreatitis this past spring. (Docs have no idea what caused it.) My digestion has changed in a strange way. If I get too hungry or wait too long between meals, sometimes my epigastric center will hurt. It stops immediately if I eat (not drink). Anything. I'm assuming this is some sort of GERD. Never, ever had any kind of GERD issues or digestives. before. Of note, I do have a "low functioning" gallbladder.
Hi,
I saw a post of a case similar to mine where the liver was affected as well as the pancreas with wieght gain instead of loss on a low fat diet. Im wondering what causes that especially in pancreatitis? I loss alot of weight a year ago, was real sick with abnormal bruising and weakness, falling down, ect, this was before pancreas started acting up again, prior to that I had only one acute episode of pancreatitis.
I started nursing school about 4 months ago. I have put on about 20 lbs. Along with the added stress and sedentary life of always studying I am in a slump. I have started tracking my calories and I am trying to eat better. I think about working out all the time but between the kids, working, nursing school, and lack of energy I never go.
My boxer was hospitalized today with severe pancreatitis. Her pancreatic enzymes are off the charts, it is so severe. This was an acute case and she hasn't had it before. She absolutely NEVER eats anything othet than her commercial dog kibble, especially due to multiple food allergies. She's my service dog (in training) so she is always with us, so we know she didn't eat something she shouldn't have. The vet has no idea what could make her so critically ill.
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