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I think i have pancreatitis pain in upper r abdomen nausea vomiting no appetite lost 10 pounds in 2 weeks land came up clean? no thing is helping what can i do to make my doctors believe me?

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Dr. Sandor Woren answered

Specializes in Emergency Medicine

Simple lab test: Pancreatitis is a condition that is easily demonstrable by physical examination and simple laboratory tests, namely, serum amylase and lipase. While other conditions can cause these to be elevated, the most common cause is pancreatitis. Pacreatitis is usually caused by excessive alcohol intake, gallstones or gallbladder disease, injury, or drug reacton

Answered 5/18/2014

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Check lipase: Ask your doctor to check lipase. Elevated lipase supports diagnosis of pancreatitis.

Answered 5/19/2014

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