Pancreatitis pain at night
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Fluid therapy, regular blood work (sometimes several times a day), pain meds or a patch for pain and antibiotics are often used. This is a very painful condition. In pancreatitis, nutrients the dog needs are passed out in the feces, thus probably the reason for the weight loss (and that is quite a bit). Has he been checked for diabetes?
What makes me now wonder about chronic pancreatitis is that in the weeks following the disappearance of the rash the back pain has been joined by a pain in the pit of my gut or just below the rib cage at the upper stomach after eating a bigger meal or at night. Again, it is not debilitating but usually takes an hour or so to subside. I'm not a big drinker, and in fact have had no alcohol (or any other vice) for probably 5 months in effort to lose weight.
I had to put my 11 year old Llhasa apso to sleep yesterday because he was diagnosed with pancreatitis and was in so much pain that they could not guarantee that he would survive even with treatment. It came on suddenly...he was fine Saturday but began throwing up in the middle of the night and continued...he couldn't even hold down water and was very weak. I took him into the veterinary hospital on Sunday and he was too weak to come home.
thanks for your help with this, my son was readmitted back to hospital last night his pain isn't manageable at home. he's booked for MRI and colonoscopy they are looking into inflamitory bowel syndrome or something similar. His lipase are steady now at 180 so that are now looking elsewhere instead of focusing soley on the pancreas. I ididn't get to view the forum you mentioned was there anything new?
Years of bad habits caused my problems of back pain at night. Now I realize that many of the things that I was doing to myself have finally caught up to me as I age. GERD set in and the nerves of the stomach are directly connected to the back. Now several small meals, no sodas , no coffee, nothing to eat two hours before bed and the combination of lipase, protease, and lactase before each small meals are my ticket out of the misery.
I went to my doctor and she suspected it was my gallbladder so she ordered blood tests. That night, the pain increased in severity and I went to the ER. Bloodwork revealed that my lipase and liver enzymes were elevated, so I was admitted. The doctor suspected that a gallstone was blocking a bile duct. I stayed overnight, had a HIDA scan the next day and was released because everything was normal.
During a recent trip to Mexico, I came down with 'travelers diarrhea' - fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomitting, dehydration. Upon arriving back in the states, I was readmitted to the hospital due to elevated amylase and lipase. I didn't have the severe pancreatitis pain until later that night and then only one other bout two nights later. A CT scan, ERCP, and internal ultrasound were all normal and I was discharged after 5 days.
But yesterday I had a onset of severe pain to my upper abdoman in the middle. That came with the shakes, shortness of breath, dizziness, nausea and clammy feeling. This pain was definately 10/10 the only way to describe it was it was like contractions. I could hardly stand at one point and felt like I would pass out. I was rushed to A&E. They took a few tests. They all came back normal, except for my liver function which came back slightly abnormal.
The pain is unrelenting and hurts through to my back. It wakes me all hours of night sometimes. After first ERCP, the pain went away for two months but returned last month. I had another ERCP and ended up in the hosital with abdominal pain and fever. The symptoms disappeared quickly but I had elevated liver enzymes and my WBC was high. My CT scan came back normal. I feel my symptoms sound like pancreatitis.
10 days ago I went to the urgent care because of constipation and a pain on my lower left side. They took blood tests and prescribed me with miralx. I went home and that night took my temp 99.4 and thought that was a fever. They set me up for a ct scan and told me I had pancreatitis? I went to norwood urgent care and they hooked me to a IV and that was that . I have not had any pain or vominting, lost weight becausebof liquid diet and anxiety.
ve been having pain on my left lower side just below the ribs that feels like pressure that comes and goes, but is the worst when I lay down at night. I also have a pain in the middle of my stomach that comes at the end of my ovulation cycle (I think, I'm still trying to pin point that) it feels like someone just did an upper cut to my stomach, that usually happens when I'm sitting down and last for about 30min-1hr standing or lying down usually help.
Treatment of Pain in Chronic Pancreatitis – http://www.gastro.org/user-assets/Documents/02_Clinical_Practice/medical_position_statments/pancreatitis_tr.pdf
Audio-Digest Gastroenterology – Pancreatitis – http://www.cme-ce-summaries.com/gastroenterology/ge2211.html
Pancreatitis Medications – http://www.pancreatitis.org.uk/pain.htm
Nausea Medications – http://www.pancreatitis.org.uk/nausea.htm
Treatment - http://www.pancreatitis.org.uk/chap_t.html
Medicinenet Pancreatitis – http://www.
I am reading all of these comments and am so suprised at the variation in the things everyone has been told. I myself have been going through this pain. I just spent 6 days in the hospital with what they called panreatitis. I have the same pain it sounds like that ya'll have had. I had my gallbladder out in 1998 and have IBS and hyatial hernia and acid reflux. Now I am having to deal with this.
Ask your doctor to do a blood test for amylase & lipase levels.
We are feeling your pain right now. Our beloved Spanky went home this morning after also being diagnosed with pancreatitis. The vet gave him antibiotics, and something for nausea 6 days ago. He was very lethargic, and wouldn't eat, but he didn't seem to be in pain. He didn't like pain, so he was spared that by the grace of God. We took him in yesterday and his liver test was low on everything.
Drink cold milk at night or take a late night snack. Avoid heavy meals and eat frequent small meals. Avoid too much of caffeine, tea, smoking, fried food and drinks both alcoholic and non alcoholic fuzzy ones. Avoid heavy exercises within 4 hours of a heavy meal. Raise the head end of the bed by pillows to 30 degrees. Avoid lying down for least 2 hours after food.
Hope you find this information useful and it helps you understand your problems and course of treatment. Good Luck and take care!
lots of bad tooth ache and teeth chipping in the weeks before paid attacks of vomiting and pain. admitted to hospital with servere pain and vomiting, suspect gallblader. at this time bloods for pancreas ok. two months later high lipase re-admited now on iv but pain still in right side ?? Dr not sure to treat helicobactor or pancreaitits first.
I think you may have some good reason for concern. This pain might be a precursor of things to come. I have been to the hospital(twice) for pancreatitis. The most recent visit put me close to death. Leading up to that I experienced pain very similar to you.
I'm not saying this to scare you or say that's what it is but anytime you feel pain associated with your drinking, if that's the case, you need to stop now.
A sphincterotomy was performed at this time (Sphincter of Oddi). At my 2 week surgical follow-up I had no pain whatsoever. Pain in the right upper quadrant developed within the next few weeks. I have now had the pain every day for over 4 months. It is not horrible, but it is annoying and distracting and diminishes my quality of life with my two little girls. The pain is sometimes burning, just under my rib cage. Sometimes it feels as if something is poking or stabbing me from deep inside.
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