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I had an elevated lipase when i had my blood test. it was 111 from 30-110 normal. i had abdominal pain, vomit 2 times in 3 days. is it pancreatitis?

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Dr. Ed Friedlander answered

No: Reference ranges are set so that several percent of healthy folks fall outside. In pancreatitis, lipase levels are tremendously elevated. If this is the only evidence, you very much need to look for a difference cause.

Dr Hegab and another doctor agreed

Answered 3/8/2015

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A member asked:

I had an elevated lipase when i had my blood test. it was 111 from 30-110 normal. i had abdominal pain, vomit 2 times in 3 days. is it pancreatitis?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Ed Friedlander answered

Dr Hegab and another doctor agreed

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Can you have pancreatitis with normal blood test levels? Or will lipase and amylase be elevated? How would it be diagnosed?

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Lipase was approx 500 due to two rounds of alcohol and reduced to normal level in 1.5 days. No stomach pain during admission and now after 3 weeks stomach pains here and there but manageable. blood works normal and US normal.No CT done, Pancreatitis?

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