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My father is 54 and has been diagnosed as having an inflammed pancreas, a fatty liver, and he has a golf ball sized mass in his kidney that is "dead" in the center. he is being advised to see a specialist in 3 weeks and go from there. should he try to see
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Symptoms?: Need more info. What are the symptoms he is having? Probably shouldn'tt wait 3 weeks to be seen if possible,and based on description probably needs to see a gastroenterologist and possibly nephrologist as well. What is being done to reduce the pancreatic inflammation in terms of diet and or medications or other treatments?
Answered 10/7/2015
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