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My hubsand is having mild pancreaties.his lipase level is 3429.8 u/l.he was admited for 2 days.now at home with medicines, light diet.need suggestion?
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Work up: If your husband did this to himself drinking, get him into alcohol rehabilitation or yourself into a program for family members of problem drinkers. If not, he needs a proper workup, including a genetic check for the trypsinogen mutation and the cystic fibrosis genes that cause this stuff.
Answered 4/4/2015
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