Chronic Pancreatitis
Chronic Pancreatitis: Introduction
Chronic Pancreatitis is an ongoing inflammation of the pancreas over a prolonged period.
Most cases of chronic pancreatitis are caused by alcohol overuse. ...more »
Symptoms of Chronic Pancreatitis
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Treatments for Chronic Pancreatitis
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Chronic Pancreatitis?
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Chronic Pancreatitis: Complications
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Causes of Chronic Pancreatitis
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Chronic Pancreatitis: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Misdiagnosis and Chronic 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.
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Heart attacks can be undiagnosed: Although the most severe symptoms of heart attack are hard to miss,
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Heart attacks can be overdiagnosed: Although many people die from heart attacks, there are also
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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
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Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms
of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that may be misdiagnosed.
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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.
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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,
but can...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...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
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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,
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Leg cramps at night a classic sign: The symptom of having leg muscle cramps,
particularly at night, is a classic sign of undiagnosed diabetes.
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Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive
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Obesity-related conditions undiagnosed in children: A variety of conditions
are associated with obesity (see obesity), but these tend to be undiagnosed more often
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Article Excerpts about Chronic Pancreatitis
If injury to the pancreas continues, from drinking alcohol, for
example, chronic pancreatitis may develop. Chronic pancreatitis occurs
when digestive enzymes attack and destroy the pancreas and nearby tissues,
causing scarring and pain.
(Source: excerpt from Pancreatitis: NIDDK)
Definitions of Chronic Pancreatitis:
Chronic Pancreatitis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Chronic Pancreatitis, or a subtype of Chronic Pancreatitis,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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