Pancreatitis Can Be Difficult to Diagnose ...

Pancreatitis can be difficult to diagnose for several reasons.

One of those reasons is simply that when it comes to pancreatitis doctors can be dummer than bags of barber hair or seem to be because they don't listen. They are in to big a hurry to see their next patient, are thinking about their golf tee time or simply don't give a shit because it isn't them who is in agony.

Another reason is that they THINK they are omnipotent, know your body, its symptoms (what you are experiencing) a lot better than you do and if you beg to differ they simply chalk you up as a hypochondriac or a lonely person in need of attention. Yet ...

Another reason is that many doctors have difficulty diagnosing anything unless it slaps them in the face (CT scan showing horrendous damage due to necrotizing pancreatitis or cysts the size of watermelons). Horrendous damage and internal bleeding helps them arrive at a diagnosis of pancreatitis but if you don't have those types of complications yet, and trust me on this, you don't want those easy to read signs but ...

You have moderate to severe gastrointestinal symptoms and have yet to have a doctor give you a correct, common sense diagonsis make sure you persevere in finding a gastroenterologist who received his/her degree from somewhere other than a Cracker Jack box, is able to recall what they learned in medical school and use common sense along with the modern diagnostic tools. I know I am asking a lot because ...

Finding a good doctor with great diagnostic skills is like locating a huge placer gold deposit.

I wish you good luck.

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