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Topic "Pancreas" was discussed 16,565 times on 1,686 sites in last 3 months
Started 5 days, 2 hours ago (2009-12-02 04:52:00)
by fgummett
Quote: The pancreas is a gland organ in the digestive and endocrine system of vertebrates. It is both an endocrine gland producing several important hormones, including insulin, glucagon, and somatostatin, as well as an exocrine gland, secreting pancreatic juice containing digestive enzymes that pass to the small intestine. These enzymes help in the further breakdown of...
Started 1 week, 2 days ago (2009-11-27 11:40:00)
by MrsMia
I've read a number of posts where people speak of "letting their pancreas rest", or "saving their pancreas", or "saving their beta cells". Okay, this is a true genuine question and I'm not trying to be a smarty pants. But what you saving your pancreas or beta cells for? I don't quite understand what this means.
Started 1 week, 4 days ago (2009-11-25 10:37:00)
by SCAPER
I am trying to understand how T2 works a little better. Been buying books and reading more and more about the disease. But one thing I keep reading in different places is something like this, "T2 diabetes means the pancreas doesn't produce insulin like it used to, or that your cells in your body can't process the insulin effectively anymore." I've read that several times in totally different ...
Started 2 weeks, 1 day ago (2009-11-21 21:36:00)
by ANGEL900
A 5MM LESION WAS FOUND ON MY PANCREAS WITH A CAT SCAN. CAN YOU GIVE ME INFO ON THIS This discussion is related to low density lesion found on CT scan?? .
Started 2 weeks, 3 days ago (2009-11-19 21:13:00)
by AuntieGig
My niece was diagnos with a mass the size of a donut on her pancreas. Her doctor wants to biopsy it. What kind of medical problem are we looking at? Wheather it cancer or not.
Started 2 weeks, 6 days ago (2009-11-16 19:45:00)
by mt_greer
I had an ultrasound done today & I was informed that I have a contracted pancreas, by any chance does someone have an idea as to what this means???? THanks in advance Advance care plus Advance relief !!!
Started 5 days ago (2009-12-02 06:16:00)
by kate89
Hi everyone, Wondered if I could pick your brains!!? Recently my bgs have been a bit erratic to say the least. It's getting me really worried because even though i've had D for quite a while i just can't fathom what I'm doing wrong! It seems that my sugar levels are dropping for no apparent reason. Yesterday morning for example my bg was 2.6 in the morning so i did less insulin and it went ...
Started 3 days, 12 hours ago (2009-12-03 18:02:00)
by Beca123
I had blood work done a few weeks ago and was told to go on a low fat diet. I have been doing the best I can but I am still VERY nauseas and having alot of pain that is not controlled by percocet. My doctor is out of town until next wed. and I called his nurse to see if they could give me something for nausea and she said they couldnt without him there. She said she thinks it may be gastritis, ...
Started 2 days, 18 hours ago (2009-12-04 12:40:00)
by Tyson'smom Member
Can pig pancreas help cure diabetes? Study's success may lead to human trial in 2 to 3 years Friday, December 04, 2009 By Mark Roth, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette One day, type 1 diabetes patients may be able to get pancreas cells from pigs that will permanently reverse their disease. That's the promise of a study released yesterday by scientists at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of ...
Started 3 days, 10 hours ago (2009-12-03 20:17:00)
by Hammermito
As you all know, Stepmom was diagnosed with Stage 3 Pancreatic cancer last August. The tumor is at the head of the pancreas and is feeding off/involving the spleen. She underwent chemo for the past few months and went in for a CT scan yesterday to see how it was responding. There is improvement, however, she has to undergo 4 more rounds of chemo and then begin radiation. It is ...
Started 1 week, 1 day ago (2009-11-29 02:46:00)
by MyParadise998
GREENO Natural Clam is: • able to protect and revitalise the liver • certified as HALAL food • effective in preventing and improving heart, kidney and pancreas diseases • produced with the certification of HACCP and ISO 9001:2000 • all-natural and comes from the world’s ...
Started 1 day, 6 hours ago (2009-12-06 00:06:05)
by SAR01
Spirited1au's daughter emailed me, and Sam is in the hospital, please pray for a quick and total recovery! Seems to be either Gall Bladder or Pancreas problems! Sam, holding you in thoughts and prayers! ((((hugs))))
Started 3 days, 23 hours ago (2009-12-03 07:00:00)
by misspixie67
The doctor has perscribed the generic form of this to my 77 yr old mom without seeing her, I called her doctor and asked them to perscribe something for her nerves because my dad is under hospice care with pancreas cancer, Is this drug like a xanax? Are the side affects bad? I googled some info but would like to hear from anyone who has taken it.
Started 6 days, 2 hours ago (2009-12-01 03:53:00)
by Sentience
I am a chronic pain sufferer who was blessed with not 1 but 2 auto-immune conditions (they are all related). One of these conditions is Crohns which lately has been causing extra-intestinal inflammation affecting the gallbladder and pancreas. The pain is pretty much constant and I need to be on opiates around the clock. On thing I have noticed is that the medication never ...
Started 2 days, 15 hours ago (2009-12-04 15:48:33)
by leaf
( Fat Necrosis: A term for necrosis in fat, caused either by release of pancreatic enzymes from pancreas or gut \(enzymic fat necrosis\) or by trauma to fat, either by a physical blow or by surgery \(traumatic fat necrosis\). The effect of the enzymes \(lipases\) is to release free fatty acids, which then can combine with calcium to produce detergents \(soapy deposits in the tissues\). ...
Started 1 week, 1 day ago (2009-11-28 11:56:00)
by Brody
Oh my.... I had the most fun today. We drove by an asian market and decided to stop. Had never been before. Wow. What a haul we got.... pork heart pork kidney pork pancreas pork liver fresh chicken feet (10 for $1.00!) chicken kidneys I got ALL of that for $12.00. I couldn't believe it. I wanted to jump up and down in the grocery store. HA! What fun that was. They also had ...
