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| this type of pain is steady and deep |
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chronic pancreatitis
cancer of the pancreas |
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| this type of pain is steady, aching |
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| this type of pain is steady, aching, not colicky |
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| this pain is epigastric, may radiate to either upper quadrant, often radiates to the back |
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| predominantly adenocarcinoma 95% |
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persistant pain, relentlessley progressive illness.
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| anorexia, nausea, vomiting, weight loss, and jaundice, depression. |
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| factors that may relieve: possibly leaning forward with the trunk flexed, often intractable (2) |
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cancer of pancreas
chronic pancreatitis |
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| syptoms of decreased pancreatic function may appear: diarrhea with fatty stools (steatorrhea) and diabetes mellitus. |
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| fibrosis of the pancrease secondary to recurrent inflammation |
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| epigastric, radiating to the back pain |
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alcohol or fatty heavy meals may aggrivate this.
possibly leaning forward with trunk flexed; often intratable. |
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acute onset, persistent pain.
lying supine makes it worse. |
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| nausea, vomiting, abdominal distention, fever. often a history of previous attacks and alcohol abuse or gallstones. |
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leaning forward with the trunk flexed makes this better
usually steady quality pain. |
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| epigastric, may radiate to the back or other parts of abdomen, may be poorly localized. |
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acute pancreatitis.
actue inflammation of the pancreas. |
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sudden obstruction of the systic duct or common bile duct by a gallstone.
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biliary colic
steady aching, not colicky pain. |
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| epigastric or right upper quadrant pain, may radiate to the right scapula and shoulder. |
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biliary colic
steady, aching, not colicky pain. |
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| rapid onset over a few minuets, lasts one to several hous and subsides gradually. often recurrent. |
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| anorexia, nausea, vomiting, restlessness. |
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| inflammation of the gb; usually from obstruction of the cystic duct by a gallstone. |
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right upper quadrant or upper abdominal; may radiate to the right scapular area.
steady aching pain |
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| jarring, deep breathing may aggrivate this. |
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| anorexia, vomiting, nausea, fever. |
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| which two diseases have a fever? |
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actue pancreatitis
actue cholecystitis |
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