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Can you have pancreatitis with perfect blood tests?

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Amylase: Yes. "Chronic pancreatitis", a nasty pain syndrome from scarring, does not affect labs. Amylase itself often falls to normal as acute pancreatitis begins to heal.

Answered 8/22/2016

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Blood test showed lipase levels slightly elevated. All else normal. What could cause the elevated result? Was told its not enough to indicate pancreatitis. Had blood in stool a month ago and ongoing left and right side abdominal/chest/back pain?

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My husband has chronic pancreatitis and is going to have a blood test ca 19-9. Why?

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Could drinking the day of a blood test cause slightly elevated lipase levels? Do not drink heavily and never had acute pancreatitis.

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Have acid reflux my lipase levels were 96h (normal levels are 7-60ul), did another blood test 3 weeks later now my lipase went down 82h (still mild elevated) and amylase is normal. Is it pancreatitis or reflux causing elevated lipase levels ?

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Had blood test amylase 64 of 90u/l normal & lipase 67 of 13-60 u/l normal range . Ultrasound normal , pancreatitis? Feel gastric after day of alcohol

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