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Do I have Pancreatitis?

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gm1989
gm1989

Hi,

I am very confused. I suffer already for a longer time of acute periods of pain, always starting in the night and finishing the next morning, if never happened. It is a pain in the middle (heart area) of my abdomen spreading till my back. It is an unbearable pain, I can only position myself in the foetus position. Mostly starting after a heavy or fatty meal. After a while I normally also vomit (normally one time). After that there comes flatus and rather fatty stool. I have a niece with Cystic fibrosis, which can also be a cause of being more likable of getting chronic Pancreatitis, I read. (due to Genetic mutations) When I read this forums, I really recognize what everybody writes. 

Last night I had it again and went directly to the hospital to let it test. They took blood and made an Ultrasound of all my organs. They said my blood and organs were OK and there is nothing to worry about. But I still have the periods of this horrible pain.

My question: Do you recognize my symptoms and could a pancreatitis be overseen in hospital??

I am really confused. On one side beiing happy of the positive diagnosis, but i still suffer, which nobody can explains.

Thanks for helping me!

 

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  • anth_33881
    anth_33881 gm1989

    Posted

    hi gm 1989 have you been in hospital?have they diagnosed you with it i was getting exacly the same and got rushed in with acute panc then bout 2 week later got told i have it chronic?? so im confused aswell i think by reading this you have panc but im not a dr make an appointment to see your dr and i been told there are places or round the country dealing with panc so i would do that have you lost weight??

    • gm1989
      gm1989 anth_33881

      Posted

      Hi, anth 33881,

      I not really lost weight, but I can really eat everything and not getting fat at all. They always ask me why I stay so thin, while eating so much. This can declares it also. Good tip to go to a specialised place. There they know better and not focussing on the whole body. I am pretty sure I have it. And such a pain can not come from nothing! Was it your first time ?

       

    • anth_33881
      anth_33881 gm1989

      Posted

      yea to be honnest i use to be a heavy drinker but not so much now and then i went on a bender and got rushed in and iv never had pain like it  thought i was having a heart attack my heart was beating really quick and unbearable pain so yea its my 1 st do you drink? didnt realisie its not just drink related how old are you?are you in real bad pain now?on a scale 1-10 how bearable is it?? like i said go to the dr where about are you on the country?as im south so my narest one is southampton

  • gm1989
    gm1989

    Posted

    Really, I read it everywhere, STOP drinking, that is indeed bad for the Pankreas. I never really drink. But we have cystic Fibrosis in the family, which could be a riskfactor of Chronic Pankratitis. I am 25 .

    I notice that it always starts after fatty, heavy meals (once for example I ate too much nuts and I got it)

    • anth_33881
      anth_33881 gm1989

      Posted

      yea its very strange if you type it in ur see like i said i thought it was just through the drink and i hardly drink i use to and i cant see 1 bender of about a month drinking cider could of caused it are you in pain now?if so get the dr out and get in to hospital and get it sorted are you taking any pain killers if not try some paracetomore also they put me on creon i think that was for the wait loss i lost about a stone in a half iv put on most of it but still not all of it

  • charl123
    charl123 gm1989

    Posted

    Hi, i suffered with servre necrotting pancritius earlier this year.my pain started in my back as the pancreas sits behind the spine. My case was overlooked and I was sent home to then return 24 hours and end up in ITU (my case was very serious and not too common).the only way I could get slightly more comftable was to lean right over!  Your blood work should show pancritatic enzymes although mine never wAs never checked properly at first. If I were you and you get the pain again go back demand all blood tests and a CT scan, you know when something isn't right with your body! Pancritius is nasty and can worsen quickly.xx
    • gm1989
      gm1989 charl123

      Posted

      Thanks a lot, Charlotte68684. What did they finally do to you and are you better now? Following a treatment or diet??

       

    • charl123
      charl123 gm1989

      Posted

      I had a morphine pump for the pain, central lines for the drugs, lung drains, stomache drains, NG feeding tubes the works!! I'm still waiting to have my gallbladder removed as that was the cause (gallstone trapped in pancritatic duct) and my psydocysts drained (a side effect of panciritius). I'm currantly on a fat free and dairy free diet. I feel 100% now smile xx
    • gm1989
      gm1989 charl123

      Posted

      `Wow , super: this really gives me hope! I will start focussing on my food already now. I am willing to try everything that is preventing this horrible pain, and the complications of Chronic Pancreatitis. What is exactly dairy free diet?
    • anth_33881
      anth_33881 charl123

      Posted

      i didnt get any pain in my back do you think they might of diagnosed me wrong as people thoght it could be ibs and loosing all the weight but spoke to loads of people with panc and they seem to all have problems with there back i dont no if u could look i started a new thread up last week if you can find it wat do you think?
    • charl123
      charl123 gm1989

      Posted

      I hope the diet calms you pain! At first no dairy what so ever while it was all I flamed but now I can eat low fat dairy such as skimmed milk, low fat cheese, low fat yogurt!! Try not to eat any fatty foods and limit the dairy to low fat!!x
    • charl123
      charl123 anth_33881

      Posted

      Hi found your thread! To be honest I don't no anything about chronic only acute, I doubt they could have got it wrong from tests, but I'm no doctor! From what I'm aware the pain in the back is a symptom as with anything not everyone gets the same symptoms. You can get serval attacks of acute pancritius I have had a minor one since being out of ITU. So I would defo question them on the acute/chronic!! And be great full your in no pain with your back, believe me it's horrific!! But question the medics, they may do more tests :-)
  • gm1989
    gm1989

    Posted

    Hi all! Thanks a lot! I went to the doctor and he said it is very probable that it is Pankreatitis. I also have the fatty Stool. It really looks like it. I will have soon an MRT and other Ultrasound and Stoolexamination.

    Thanks a lot, because of you all i kept on resarching!

    And anth: I read a lot that sometimes there is no backpain accompied with a pancreatitis. It does not have to be I think. It are all the symptoms together: The stool, the typicall pain, wight loss,... BUt neither I am a doctor!!

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