Medical Report

Patricia Wright

10-17-2009

Med. Term.

Week2 Assign.4

MEDICAL REPORT

Patient Name: Kargonn Foster
Patient Number: 2009-7550-1
stimulate Date: 02-14-1968
Report Date: 10-17-2009

Mrs. Foster is a 41 year old white female with a muniment of alcohol abuse. She is currently

taking azathioprine for rheumatoid arthritis and furosemide for hypertension. She has

recently been diagnosed with acute pancreatitis which is swelling ( upheaval) of

the pancreas. The pancreas is the gland located behind the stomach. It releases digestive

enzymes and the hormones insulin and glucagon. In her family history, her father has

chronic panrcreatitis.

The main causes of acute pancreatitis in adults are:

Alcohol use

Gallblader Disease

Gallstones
Pancreas Divisum

Other causes include:

Certain medication such(prenominal) as azathioprine

Hyperlipidemia

Genetic factors (hereditary pancreatitis)

Hypertriglyceridemia

The symptoms are:

Abdominal pain that is greatest in upper abdomen.

Is persistent or chronic.

whitethorn be worse lying flat on the back.

May dispel to the back or below the left shoulder blade.
May be worse after drinking alcohol.




Anxiety
Fever
Nausea or vomiting
An examination may show:
Low blood pressure
rapid heart rate
Rapid breathing
Tests that show release of pancreatic enzymes:
empyrean serum amylase
Evelated serum lipase
Elevated urine amylase
Tests that show inflammation of the pancreas are:
CT Scan
Endoscopy
ERCP
Also a stethoscope can be used to hear crackles at the lung bases.
The blood tests are:
CBC
Glucose test
hypercalcemia test
The prognosis is good if the patient avoids alcohol, but poor if does not.
in that respect may be some complications such as:
disembodied spirit failure
Kidney failure
Low blood pressure and
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