Can Pancreas Disorder Be Misdiagnosed? Posted: 06-08-04 18:02pm
Hi,
i've suffered for years from upper
abdominal and upper back pain (since an
auto accident in 1983) specifically to my
right side. Ive had a ct scan 5/04, and
was told that my liver and kidney both has
a cyst. But my doctor did not seem
alarmed.
The pain is still there, because I present
with multiple symtons, rectal bleeding and
severe annemia taking up most of the
attention, the pain in my side has been
attributed to irritable bowel sydom.
I'm not convinced since my episodic pain
makes it hard for me to sit in a chair and
even on the sofa for extened periods of
time, I keep thinking that maybe i'm just
sitting wrong, but when I focus and try to
locate the pain, it always seems to
generate from the abdomen, towards my
back.
I'm scheduled to see another doctor within
the new two weeks, and want to help limit
the field of possible ailments to quickly
find a diagnosis. Help!!!!!!!!!!!!
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ReeAnn
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 15 Location: Virginia
Posted: 01-03-05 05:39am
Hello mary ann,
sorry I did not answer your post sooner,
but I just today found this forum. I am
hoping you have gotten some answers by now
from your doctors. Trauma, such as an
auto accident, can cause an acute
pancreatitis attack. I have heard more
than once that the pancreas is the most
unforgiving organ and a mere will bruise,
with little or not healing properties.
And yes pancreatitis is one of the most
misdiagnosed diseases there is. I read
that with alcohol being the cause, it
takes an aerage of 48 months to receive a
correct diagnosis. When alcohol is not
the cause, it is 81 months - 4 & 7
years respectively. If you do not get
the answers you need, please do not give
up. Many of the people I know with
pancreatitis will end up taveling out of
state to find a doctor that can recgnize
it and accurately diagnose it.
Reeann
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JonMosesVII
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 29 Dec 2004 Posts: 2 Location: Alexandria, VA.
Re: Can Pancreas Disorder Be Misdiagnosed? Posted: 01-06-05 22:19pm
mary ann rosser
wrote:
hi,
i've suffered for years from upper
abdominal and upper back pain (since an
auto accident in 1983) specifically to my
right side. Ive had a ct scan 5/04, and
was told that my liver and kidney both has
a cyst. But my doctor did not seem
alarmed.
The pain is still there, because I present
with multiple symtons, rectal bleeding and
severe annemia taking up most of the
attention, the pain in my side has been
attributed to irritable bowel sydom.
I'm not convinced since my episodic pain
makes it hard for me to sit in a chair and
even on the sofa for extened periods of
time, I keep thinking that maybe i'm just
sitting wrong, but when I focus and try to
locate the pain, it always seems to
generate from the abdomen, towards my
back.
I'm scheduled to see another doctor within
the new two weeks, and want to help limit
the field of possible ailments to quickly
find a diagnosis.
Help!!!!!!!!!!!!
