Guest guest Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 Hi , I also had the night sweats (still do sometimes have unexplained temperatures and occaasional night sweating but being female, maybe my age, lol, but no pancreatic pain since I've been on the enzymes apart from when I stopped them for 8 months to see if I really needed them. I continued on a low fat diet and it did take 8 months, but the pain returned, so I have been 'good' since and continued with the enzymes with all foods. You reminded me that my pain also was generally upper abdominal left up under ribs , and through to my back/shoulder as you described. I felt so bad at times I thought I must be having a herat attack or angina but the docs tests showed that not to be the case. I just noticed the post from Peggy regarding pancreatitis and auto immune disease. Having under active thyroid I would suspect I maybe a candidate for that, and I have a lot of weird allergies, the latest of which is skin reaction to cold temperatures. Do you have any other auto immune symptoms that you know of? I'll let you know what the cardio says when I see him re pancreatitis and Afib and best of luck again with your tests Haze (47yrs, Cardicol, plavix) In a message dated 25/03/2004 00:07:08 GMT Standard Time, dwcexec@... writes: > Thank you for your reply. I do not know what test(s) the doctor is > going to recommend, but I will certainly let you know. I am glad to > hear that the enzymes helped you with the pain. I also presented > with fever, sweats (mostly at night when asleep), upper abdominal > pain and soreness in my left arm (just below the shoulder to the > upper bi-cep), but like you, the link with rapid heartbeat grabbed my > attention. Best of luck when you speak with your doctor. Please > keep us posted. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 Hi , I also had the night sweats (still do sometimes have unexplained temperatures and occaasional night sweating but being female, maybe my age, lol, but no pancreatic pain since I've been on the enzymes apart from when I stopped them for 8 months to see if I really needed them. I continued on a low fat diet and it did take 8 months, but the pain returned, so I have been 'good' since and continued with the enzymes with all foods. You reminded me that my pain also was generally upper abdominal left up under ribs , and through to my back/shoulder as you described. I felt so bad at times I thought I must be having a herat attack or angina but the docs tests showed that not to be the case. I just noticed the post from Peggy regarding pancreatitis and auto immune disease. Having under active thyroid I would suspect I maybe a candidate for that, and I have a lot of weird allergies, the latest of which is skin reaction to cold temperatures. Do you have any other auto immune symptoms that you know of? I'll let you know what the cardio says when I see him re pancreatitis and Afib and best of luck again with your tests Haze (47yrs, Cardicol, plavix) In a message dated 25/03/2004 00:07:08 GMT Standard Time, dwcexec@... writes: > Thank you for your reply. I do not know what test(s) the doctor is > going to recommend, but I will certainly let you know. I am glad to > hear that the enzymes helped you with the pain. I also presented > with fever, sweats (mostly at night when asleep), upper abdominal > pain and soreness in my left arm (just below the shoulder to the > upper bi-cep), but like you, the link with rapid heartbeat grabbed my > attention. Best of luck when you speak with your doctor. Please > keep us posted. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 Hi , I also had the night sweats (still do sometimes have unexplained temperatures and occaasional night sweating but being female, maybe my age, lol, but no pancreatic pain since I've been on the enzymes apart from when I stopped them for 8 months to see if I really needed them. I continued on a low fat diet and it did take 8 months, but the pain returned, so I have been 'good' since and continued with the enzymes with all foods. You reminded me that my pain also was generally upper abdominal left up under ribs , and through to my back/shoulder as you described. I felt so bad at times I thought I must be having a herat attack or angina but the docs tests showed that not to be the case. I just noticed the post from Peggy regarding pancreatitis and auto immune disease. Having under active thyroid I would suspect I maybe a candidate for that, and I have a lot of weird allergies, the latest of which is skin reaction to cold temperatures. Do you have any other auto immune symptoms that you know of? I'll let you know what the cardio says when I see him re pancreatitis and Afib and best of luck again with your tests Haze (47yrs, Cardicol, plavix) In a message dated 25/03/2004 00:07:08 GMT Standard Time, dwcexec@... writes: > Thank you for your reply. I do not know what test(s) the doctor is > going to recommend, but I will certainly let you know. I am glad to > hear that the enzymes helped you with the pain. I also presented > with fever, sweats (mostly at night when asleep), upper abdominal > pain and soreness in my left arm (just below the shoulder to the > upper bi-cep), but like you, the link with rapid heartbeat grabbed my > attention. Best of luck when you speak with your doctor. Please > keep us posted. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 > " My doctor just set an appointment with me to test me for > pancreatitis. I have heard the term, but know nothing about the > disease. My first thought was, " Great, another problem. " Then he > told me that I have presented with many common symptoms of this > disease, including RAPID HEARTBEAT! I was stunned. He said that we > needed to check because I may have a gallstone. " xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx An acute attack of pancreatitis can be very painful. My husband's ERCP resulted in an acute, serious case of pancreatitis. He had excruciating pain, fever, and yes, rapid heart rate. He was taken off all food and liquid for eight days and had repeated lab work and cat scans to see if there was any fluid build up. Lab work consists of checking WBC for infection and checking lipase and protease levels. An acute attack can become chronic. His gastroenterologist said that having even a glass of wine daily can cause your pancreas to burn. He now drinks no alcohol at all (even though he was never a heavy drinker) and seems to be fine. His was caused by the ERCP - a procedure to visualize your liver, common bile duct, and pancreas. They injected dye into his pancreas several times looking for a lodged stone. Loretta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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