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Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a sudden inflammation of the pancreas.Causes include a gallstone impacted in the common bile duct or the pancreatic duct, heavy alcohol use, systemic disease, trauma, elevated calcium levels, hypertriglyceridemia (with triglycerides usually being very elevated, over 1000 mg/dL), certain medications, hereditary causes and, in children, mumps.
New cases of chronic pancreatitis develop in about 8 per 100,000 people a year and currently affect about 50 per 100,000 people in the United States. [9] It is more common in men than women. [1] Often chronic pancreatitis starts between the ages of 30 and 40 and is rare in children. [1]
Pancreatic abscess is a late complication of acute necrotizing pancreatitis, occurring more than 4 weeks after the initial attack. A pancreatic abscess is a collection of pus resulting from tissue necrosis, liquefaction, and infection. It is estimated that approximately 3% of the patients with acute pancreatitis will develop an abscess. [1]
The researchers discovered that, while there was a similar rate of pancreatic cancer in older Americans, rates of the disease in women under the age of 55 rose 2.4% higher than the rates of ...
Pancreatic panniculitis (also known as enzymatic panniculitis, Pancreatic fat necrosis, [10] and subcutaneous fat necrosis) is a panniculitis most commonly associated with pancreatic carcinoma, and more rarely with anatomic pancreatic abnormalities, pseudocysts, or drug-induced pancreatitis. [2]: 493
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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released a draft recommendation advising against using vitamin D to prevent falls and fractures in people over 60. Pharmacist Katy Dubinsky weighs in.
Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) is a double-stranded RNA virus from the family Birnaviridae, in the genus Aquabirnavirus. [1] Causing the highly infectious disease Infectious pancreatic necrosis , the virus primarily affects young salmonids resulting in high mortality , occasionally surpassing 90 percent in the early stages. [ 2 ]