Pancreas conditions

Pancreas conditions: Introduction

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
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 7 symptoms of Pancreas conditions

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Pancreas conditions:

• 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...»

Medical Textbooks Online about Pancreas conditions

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Pancreas conditions?

• Misdiagnosis of Pancreas conditions

Pancreas conditions: Self Assessment Tools

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

Pancreas conditions: Medical Mistakes

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

Pancreas conditions: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers

Products, offers and promotion categories available for Pancreas conditions:

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

Pancreas conditions: 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 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 often four...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 for people to die from undiagnosed heart...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...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...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" bacteria...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...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...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, but also Type 1 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 also various other causes. See causes of leg cramps...read more »

Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive conditions is 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 possibilities...read more »

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Pancreas conditions: 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...»

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Hospitals & Clinics: Pancreas conditions

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Pancreas conditions:

• 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 Pancreas conditions, 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)

Pancreas conditions: 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 Pancreas conditions

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News Archives for Pancreas conditions

Medical news articles related to Pancreas conditions include:

• Creon, a Pancreatic Enzyme Substitute, Approved
• Device Thwarts Attacks on Transplanted Pancreatic Cells
• Health Tip: Preventing the Return of Pancreatitis
• Pancreatic Drug Trial Halted on Promising Results
• Laparoscopic Surgery on Pancreas Has Fewer Complications
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Videos for Pancreas conditions

Patient Surveys for Pancreas conditions

• Patient Profile Survey
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• Survey about the symptoms of your 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)
• more trials...»

See full list of 438 Clinical Trials for Pancreas conditions

Statistics for Pancreas conditions

• Medical statistics for Pancreas conditions
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Pancreas conditions
• Death and Mortality statistics for Pancreas conditions
• Society statistics for Pancreas conditions

Pancreas conditions: Broader Related Topics

• All Disease Categories
• Endocrine disorders
• more types...»

Types of Pancreas conditions

Types of Pancreas conditions

• Pancreatic cancer
  • Endocrine pancreatic cancer
  • Pancreatic Islet Cell Cancer
• Diabetes
  • Type 1 diabetes
• more types...»

See full list of 25 Types of Pancreas conditions

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