Pancreas conditions

Introduction: Pancreas conditions

Any condition that affects the pancreas. The pancreas has two main functions. It produces digestive juices to help break down food and make hormones that control how the body uses or stores food. Examples of pancreas conditions includes pancreatic cancer, pancreatitis and diabetes.

Symptoms of Pancreas conditions

• Abdominal pain
• Chest pain
• Pain after a meal
• Poor blood sugar contro
• Knee pain

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Home Diagnostic Testing

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• Heart Health: Home Testing:
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  • Heart Electrocardiogram (ECG)
• Thyroid: Home Testing:
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  • Home TSH Tests
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• Diet & Weight Loss: Home Testing:
  • Home Weight Testing
  • Home Body Fat Testing (BMI)
  • Home Body Fat Monitoring
  • Home Fitness Testing
• Diabetes: Related Home Testing:
  • Home Diabetes Tests
  • Home Blood Glucose Tests
  • Home Urine Glucose Tests
  • Home Urine Ketone Tests
  • Home Diabetes HbA1c Tests
  • Home Microalbumin Tests (Kidney)
  • Home Urine Protein Tests (Kidney)
  • Home Kidney Tests
  • Home Eye Tests

Medical Textbooks Online about Pancreas conditions

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Pancreas conditions?

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In-Depth Reports: Diagnosis and Misdiagnosis

Diabetes diagnosis and misdiagnosis (In-Depth Report): Although diabetes diagnosis is well-known to physicians, and a diabetes diagnosis is unlikely to be wholly incorrect, there are still some rare subtypes and less common diagnostic issues to consider. See also misdiagnosis of diabetes and Diabetes Diagnosis Report....read full report »

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Misdiagnosis and Pancreas conditions

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...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...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 something milder. Some of the conditions which may be causes of...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 in this group...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,...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. The digestive system contains a variety of "good"...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"...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 ate" (i.e. food poisoning). In fact, it's more likely to be an infectious diarrheal...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...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...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...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...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. Some of the overlooked conditions...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 possibilities are peptic ulcer, colon cancer, irritable bowel...read more »

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Causes of Pancreas conditions

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Reseach about Pancreas conditions

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Clinical Trials for Pancreas conditions

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Pancreas conditions include:

• Safety and Efficacy Study of IL-10 (Tenovil TM) in the Prevention of Post-ERCP Acute Pancreatitis (Study P02580)(TERMINATED) - This study has been terminated (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - IL-10
• Use of Serum Proteome on the Early Diagnosis of Malignant Biliary-Pancreatic Disease - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Combination Chemotherapy in Patients With Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome and Tumors of the Pancreas - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• The Use of Oral Omeprazole and Intravenous Pantoprazole in Patients With Hypersecretion of Gastric Acid - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Pantoprazole,Omeprazole
• Studying Patients With Cystic Fibrosis and Other Pulmonary and Pancreatic Disorders - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)

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Statistics for Pancreas conditions

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Types of Pancreas conditions

• Pancreatic cancer
  • Endocrine pancreatic cancer
  • Pancreatic Islet Cell Cancer
• Diabetes
  • Type 1 diabetes

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