Acute Pancreatitis

Acute Pancreatitis: Introduction

The rapid-onset of inflammation of the pancreas which can have serious complications in severe cases. Severe cases require surgery - often more than one surgery may be needed.

Symptoms of Acute Pancreatitis

• Severe abdominal pain
• Upper abdominal pain
• Central abdominal pain
• Abdominal swelling
• Abdominal tenderness
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 13 symptoms of Acute Pancreatitis

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Acute Pancreatitis:

• High Cholesterol: Home Testing:
  • Home Cholesterol Tests
  • Home Triglycerides Tests
  • Home Blood Pressure Test Devices
• High Blood Pressure: Home Testing
  • Home Blood Pressure Hypertension Tests
  • Home Blood Pressure Monitors
  • Home Heart Tests
• Heart Health: Home Testing:
  • Heart Rate Monitors
  • Irregular Heartbeat Detection
  • Heart Electrocardiogram (ECG)
  • Home Blood Pressure Testing
  • Home Cholesterol Testing
• Thyroid: Home Testing:
  • Home Thyroid Function Testing
  • Home TSH Tests
  • Home Adrenal Function Tests
• Diet & Weight Loss: Home Testing:
  • Home Weight Testing
  • Home Body Fat Testing (BMI)
  • Home Body Fat Monitoring
  • Home Fitness Testing
• Food Allergies & Intolerances: Home Testing:
  • Home Food Allergy Tests
  • Home Food Intolerance Testing
  • Home Water Testing
  • Home Lead Poisoning Tests
  • Home Heavy Metal Poisoning Tests
• Adrenal Gland Health: Home Testing:
  • Home Adrenal Function Testing
  • Home Thyroid Function Tests
• Kidney Health: Home Testing:
  • Home Kidney Testing
  • Home Microalbumin Tests (Kidney)
  • Home Urine Protein Tests (Kidney)
  • Home Urinary Tract Infection Test Kits
• Diabetes: Related Home Testing:
  • Home Diabetes Testing
  • Home Blood Glucose Test Kits
  • Home Urine Glucose Tests
  • Home Urine Ketone Tests
  • Home Diabetes HbA1c Tests
  • Home Microalbumin Tests (Kidney)
  • Home Urine Protein Tests (Kidney)
  • Home Kidney Health Tests
  • Home Eye Health Tests
• Digestive-Related Home Testing:
  • Home Stomach Ulcer Tests
  • Home Colorectal Cancer Test Kits
  • Home Fecal Occult Bleeding Test Kits
• more tests...»

Acute Pancreatitis: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Acute Pancreatitis:

• Dehydration
• Low blood pressure
• Shock
• Pancreas bleeding (see Pancreas symptoms)
• Shock
• Collapse
• Death
• more complications...»

Medical Textbooks Online about Acute Pancreatitis

Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Diagnostic Tests for Acute Pancreatitis

• Physical exam
• Serum amylase
• Serum lipase
• Serum glucose
• Serum calcium
• more tests...»

See full list of 12 diagnostic tests for Acute Pancreatitis

Wrongly Diagnosed with Acute Pancreatitis?

• Misdiagnosis of Acute Pancreatitis
• Failure to diagnose Acute Pancreatitis
• Hidden causes of Acute Pancreatitis (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Acute Pancreatitis

Acute Pancreatitis: Self Assessment Tools

• Heart Attack -- Self Assessment Tools
• Weight Management -- Self Assessment Tools
• Heart Disease -- Self Assessment Tools
• more tools...»

Acute Pancreatitis: Medical Mistakes

• Diabetes -- Health Mistakes
• Hypertension -- Health Mistakes
• Cholesterol -- Health Mistakes
• Obesity -- Health Mistakes
• Metabolic Syndrome -- Health Mistakes
• more mistakes...»

Acute Pancreatitis: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers

Products, offers and promotion categories available for Acute Pancreatitis:

• Diabetes products & offers »
• Dieting & Weight management: products & offers »
• Heart health products & offers »
• Digestive Health
• High cholesterol
• more product offers...»

Acute Pancreatitis: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Chronic Digestive Disorders that can remain Undiagnosed:
  • Crohn's Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Ulcerative Colitis -- Undiagnosed
  • Celiac Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Heartburn -- Undiagnosed
  • GERD -- Undiagnosed
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
  • Carcinoid Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
  • Pancreatitis -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

In-Depth Reports: Diagnosis and Misdiagnosis

Diabetes diagnosis and misdiagnosis (In-Depth Report): Detailed report on diabetes misdiagnoses, rare curable types, and less common diagnostic issues....read full report »

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Misdiagnosis and Acute Pancreatitis

Metabolic syndrome often undiagnosed: Metabolic syndrome, also known as Syndrome X, is an often overlooked medical condition that causes a cluster of chronic symptoms. There are often...read more »

Heart attacks can be undiagnosed: Although the most severe symptoms of heart attack are hard to miss, there are varying degrees of severity. It is altogether too common...read more »

Heart attacks can be overdiagnosed: Although many people die from heart attacks, there are also many cases where people fear that they have a heart attack, but actually have...read more »

Cluster of diseases with difficult diagnosis issues: There is a well-known list of medical conditions that are all somewhat difficult to diagnose, and all can present in a variety of different severities. Diseases...read more »

Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that may be misdiagnosed. The best known, irritable bowel...read more »

Intestinal bacteria disorder may be hidden cause: One of the lesser known causes of diarrhea is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut, sometimes called intestinal imbalance...read more »

Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely to cause some level of diarrhea in patients. The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only "bad" bacteria,...read more »

Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's "something I...read more »

Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it can be over-diagnosed (it can, of course, also fail to be diagnosed with...read more »

Poorly healing leg rashes a classic sign of chronic disease: Recurring leg rashes, or poorly healing leg rashes, are a classic sign of undiagnosed diabetes, particularly of Type 2 diabetes...read more »

Leg cramps at night a classic sign: The symptom of having leg muscle cramps, particularly at night, is a classic sign of undiagnosed diabetes. However, there are...read more »

Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive conditions is celiac disease, a malabsorption disorder with a variety of symptoms (see symptoms of celiac...read more »

Obesity-related conditions undiagnosed in children: A variety of conditions are associated with obesity (see obesity), but these tend to be undiagnosed more often in child patients than in adults...read more »

Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases. Some of the better known...read more »

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Acute Pancreatitis: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Diabetes & Endocrinology Specialists:
  • Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
  • Pediatric Endocrinology (Child Hormones)
• Cholesterol Specialists:
  • Clinical Lipidology (Cholesterol/Triglycerides)
• Cardiac (Heart) Specialists:
  • Cardiology (Heart specialists)
  • Pediatric Cardiology (Child Heart Specialists)
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • Interventional Cardiology
• Digestive Health Specialists (Gastroenterology):
  • Gastroenterology (Digestive Specialists)
  • Pediatric Gastroenterology (Child Digestive Health)
• more specialists...»

Other doctor, physician and specialist research services:

• Rate Your Doctor Online
• Research Your Doctor Online
• Review Patient Surveys About Your Doctor
• Research local specialists including ratings, affiliations, and sanctions.

Hospitals & Clinics: Acute Pancreatitis

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Acute Pancreatitis:

• Digestive Health (Gastroenterology) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• Heart Health (Cardiac Care) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

Hospital & Clinic quality ratings » »

Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Acute Pancreatitis, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Acute Pancreatitis: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Chronic Digestive Disorders -- Rare Types:
  • Crohn's Disease -- Rare Types
  • Ulcerative Colitis -- Rare Types
  • Celiac Disease -- Rare Types
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- Rare Types
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome -- Rare Types
  • Carcinoid Syndrome -- Rare Types
  • Pancreatitis -- Rare Types
  • Gallstones -- Rare Types
  • Lactose Intolerance -- Rare Types
• more rare diseases...»

Causes of Acute Pancreatitis

• Gallstones - blocks the bile duct causing acute pancreatitis
• Excessive alcohol
• Pancreas trauma (type of Pancreas conditions)
• Pancreas injury
• Pancreas surgery
• more causes...»

See full list of 79 causes of Acute Pancreatitis

More information about causes of Acute Pancreatitis:

• Medications, drugs, or substances causing Acute Pancreatitis (1 listings)
• Underlying causes of Acute Pancreatitis
• Acute Pancreatitis as a complication caused by other conditions
• Acute Pancreatitis as a symptom

Treatments for Acute Pancreatitis

• Intensive care - for severe cases
• Parenteral nutrition
• Oxygen
• Ventilator
• Antibiotics - for secondary infections
• more treatments...»

See full list of 6 treatments for Acute Pancreatitis

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Acute Pancreatitis

Medical research articles related to Acute Pancreatitis include:

• Differential diagnosis of chest pain.
• Cost-effectiveness analysis of early veno-venous hemofiltration for severe acute pancreatitis in China
• Probiotic prophylaxis in predicted severe acute pancreatitis
• Enteral nutrition and the risk of mortality and infectious complications in patients with severe acute pancreatitis: a meta-analysis of randomized trials
• Management of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
• more research...»

Click here to find more evidence-based articles on the TRIP Database

Videos for Acute Pancreatitis

Patient Surveys for Acute Pancreatitis

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• Survey about the symptoms of your Acute Pancreatitis
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Reseach about Acute Pancreatitis

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Statistics for Acute Pancreatitis

• Medical statistics for Acute Pancreatitis
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Acute Pancreatitis
• Death and Mortality statistics for Acute Pancreatitis
• Society statistics for Acute Pancreatitis

Acute Pancreatitis: Broader Related Topics

• Digestive Diseases
• Pancreatitis
• Pancreas conditions
• more types...»

Types of Acute Pancreatitis

Stories from Users Related to Acute Pancreatitis

Related forums and medical stories:

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  • Pain below ribs (centre and right), upper and lower back
  • Diarrhea after eating
  • More user stories

User Interactive Forums

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