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Is this Pancreatitis?????

Hi.  I've been having abdominal pain off and on for the past year and a half.  Doctors have told me that I have IBS but I just don't believe that is what is going on with me.  Over the last year I have had about six "attacks" where I wake up at night with very severe stomach pain that radiates to the back, severe nausea and vomiting along with diarrhea.  The pain and nausea are so intense that I can hardly move.  It lasts for a few hours and then slowly diminishes on its own.  I otherwise most every day have a nagging pain on my left side and into my back that at times will flare-up after I eat but no certain food seems to be triggering it along with slight nausea.  It can be anything I eat.

I have many tests done and have ruled out problems with my gallbladder also.  I recently had a comprehensive digestive stool analysis done that revealed my total fecal fat to be elevated along with my fecal triglycerides also indicating no lactobacillus growth.  (I also have candida).  My pH balance is normal.  I have been researching and pancreatitis seems to fit many of my factors but the docs don't take me seriously.  I am not a drinker, only 30 years old and very physically fit.  Also I just can't keep weight on.  Can anyone help me please???
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Hi,
It certainly sounds to me like that is whats happening.  I find that my pain is SO severe, I can barely stay away from the hospital.  At least there I can get some relief.  If you have another one of these attacks, please go straight to the ER.  Have them take your blood BEFORE giving you any pain meds.  They should be checking for amylase and lipase levels. Unless your already Chronic, these levels should be elevated if your having an attack.  If you get pain meds BEFORE they draw blood, this can lower these levels and give a false reading. You can have that test done anytime from the lab too.  If you are having pain and it is possibly from a pancreatic attack, those levels could still be elevated.

I have severe chronic pancreatitis.  I made it to the ER many times before being diagnosed at a Univercity.  The ER kept calling my doctor telling him I was either passing stones or that I was in the middle of a pancreatic attack.  My doctor wouldn't believe that because I didn't fit the profile.  I am not underweight, I do not drink, I no longer had my gallbladder.  I am now in the Chronic phase of this awful disease.

Don't mess around with this.  If you believe this is what is wrong with you, ask to be referred out to a GI specialist.  If that one doesn't help you, go to another.  I knew that pancreatitis was my problem and no one would believe me.  Wish someone had earlier.

TazLady
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