Acute pancreatitis

Acute Pancreatitis
Definition
Acute pancreatitis is an inflammation (irritation and swelling with presence of extra immune cells) of the pancreas.
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Acute pancreatitis
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Acute pancreatitis occurs when the pancreas suddenly becomes inflamed but improves. Patients recover fully from the disease, and in almost 90% of cases the symptoms disappear within about a week after treatment.
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Acute pancreatitis comes on suddenly, usually with mild to severe pain in your upper abdomen that may radiate to your back and occasionally to your chest.
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Acute pancreatitis is a sudden inflammation of the pancreas, the large gland located behind the stomach and next to the gallbladder.
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Acute pancreatitis, as I said, has many causes -- one of which can be excessive consumption of alcohol. The exact mechanism by which alcohol irritates the pancreas isn't known, either.
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Acute pancreatitis and inflammation of the ovaries (called oophoritis) can occur. Inflammation of the testicles (called orchitis) is painful and affects up to one in four men who catch mumps after puberty.
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acute pancreatitis
cancer of the pancreas, ovaries, or lungs
cholecystitis
ectopic or ruptured tubal pregnancy
gallbladder attack resulting from disease
infection of the salivary glands (mumps or an obstruction)
intestinal obstruction
macroamylasemia ...
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How Is Acute Pancreatitis Diagnosed?
If your child's doctor suspects pancreatitis, you can expect a series of blood tests.
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In general, any condition that causes repeated episodes of acute pancreatitis may result in chronic pancreatitis.In this condition, inflammation and fibrosis cause the destruction of functioning glandular tissue in the pancreas.
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Chronic pancreatitis occurs either when repeated episodes of acute pancreatitis result in permanent damage to the organ or as the result of chronic damage resulting from alcohol abuse. It affects mainly middle aged men.
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Call 911 or go to an emergency room right away. Acute pancreatitis can cause shock, which may result in death if not treated quickly.
Extremely sharp abdominal pain, perhaps with other acute symptoms.
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the blood can be caused by an underactive parathyroid gland (hypoparathyroidism), problems that prevent the intestines from absorbing calcium and other nutrients from food (malabsorption syndrome), bone problems, kidney disease, acute pancreatitis, ...
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MUCLIN expression and posttranslational processing are altered in two pancreatic diseases, cystic fibrosis and acute pancreatitis, and these changes may relate to the pathologies associated with these diseases.
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serious inflammation in other parts of the body, such as acute pancreatitis
prolonged or severe shock
surgery, such as cardiopulmonary bypass
severe trauma to other parts of the body ...
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Deficiency of pancreatic enzymes can interfere with the ability to digest fat while the lack of insulin can lead to diabetes. Recurrent attacks of acute pancreatitis are often superimposed on the chronic process.
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