chronic pancreatitis

Study Targets Pancreatitis Treatments

harminka — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:51:28 -0500

Pancreatitis is often a fatal condition, in which the pancreas digests itself and surrounding tissue. Scientists have previously found that alcohol can trigger the condition by combining with fatty acids in the pancreas, which leads to an excessive release of stored calcium ions. Once calcium ions enter cell fluid in the pancreas it activates digestive enzymes and damages the cells.

Antioxidants offer pain relief in patients with chronic pancreatitis

harminka — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:46:53 -0600

Antioxidant supplementation was found to be effective in relieving pain and reducing levels of oxidative stress in patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP), reports a new study in Gastroenterology.

Is it effective therapy for severe acute pancreatitis?

harminka — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:45:53 -0600

Severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) remains a lethal disease. It is defined as an inflammatory process of the pancreas with possible peripancreatic tissue and multi-organ involvement inducing multi-organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) with an increased mortality rate.

Tumor of pancreas mimicked by colonic duplication?

harminka — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:27:06 -0500

A case of cystic colonic duplication in an adult mimicked a tumor of the pancreas and the diagnosis was established by histopathological examination of the resected specimen after distal pancreatectomy.

Important candidate genes for pancreatic stone formation

harminka — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:09:02 -0600

Stone formation is an important feature of chronic pancreatitis, especially tropical calcific pancreatitis (TCP), where the stones are large in size, highly irregular in shape and cause enormous tissue destruction.

Is it pancreatitis in acute abdominal pain in acute viral hepatitis?

harminka — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:32:27 -0500

Hepatitis viruses have a strong tropism for hepatocytes; viral antigen also has been detected in pancreas and gallbladder. Acute pancreatitis is common in Fulminant hepatic failure but rarely reported in acute viral hepatitis.

Acute pancreatitis and cholangitis

harminka — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 08:10:52 -0500

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is generally considered to be safe with a low rate of serious complications. However, dislocation of a gastrostomy tube can lead to serious complications.

New tumour markers

harminka — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:42:09 -0500

The term "cancer"Â (from the Greek karkinos, which means sea crab) was used for the first time by Greek doctor Hippocrates five hundred years b.C. to define the tumours that he observed in his patients. Nowadays it is still difficult to diagnose, and prognosis is bad. Cancer is already the main cause of death in many countries, ranking even above cardiovascular diseases.

Antioxidant Supplementation for Pain Relief in Chronic Pancreatitis

harminka — Wed, 23 May 2007 04:18:21 -0500

As we continue to advance our understanding of oxidative stress and its relationship to a variety of diseases, researchers are encouraged about the potential therapeutic role for antioxidants. In this study, a team from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, India, found that antioxidants may offer relief from the painful symptoms of chronic pancreatitis (CP), an ongoing inflammation of the pancreas that can lead to severe GI complications.

Biomarker discovery for better cancer diagnostics

harminka — Wed, 02 May 2007 08:19:56 -0500

While new findings from Ohio State University scientists suggest a genetic marker that could help distinguish between chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer and gauge who will do well with cancer treatment, a pharmacologist at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson in Philadelphia sees the discovery as much more.