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Pancreatitis - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas. Inflammation is the body's natural immune response to injury or irritation. It can lead to swelling, pain, and changes in how the pancreas works. The pancreas is a long, flat gland that's tucked behind the stomach. The pancreas helps the body digest food and regulates blood sugar.

Pancreatitis: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatments, Tests
Pancreatitis is inflammation in the pancreas. Learn more from WebMD about pancreatitis, including causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, risk factors, and prevention.

Pancreatitis: What It Is, Symptoms & Treatment
Pancreatitis is inflammation of your pancreas. Your pancreas is an organ behind your stomach. It balances your blood sugar levels and makes enzymes that break down food into nutrients your body can use. A temporary case of pancreatitis won’t affect these functions in the long term.

Pancreatitis - Síntomas y causas - Mayo Clinic
El páncreas es una glándula larga y plana que se encuentra detrás del estómago. El páncreas ayuda al cuerpo a digerir los alimentos y regula los niveles de la glucosa en la sangre. La pancreatitis puede ser una afección aguda. Esto significa que aparece de forma repentina y puede ser leve o grave.

Pancreatitis - Wikipedia
There are two main types, acute pancreatitis and chronic pancreatitis. [1] Signs and symptoms of pancreatitis include pain in the upper abdomen, nausea, and vomiting. [1]

Acute pancreatitis - NHS
Find out about acute pancreatitis, including what the symptoms are and how it's treated.

7 Early Pancreatitis Warning Signs You Should Never Ignore
When this organ becomes inflamed, the condition is known as pancreatitis. Recognizing the early pancreatitis symptoms is vital, as this serious condition can range from a mild, self-resolving issue to a life-threatening illness requiring intensive medical care.

Pancreatitis | Johns Hopkins Medicine
Pancreatitis is the redness and swelling (inflammation) of the pancreas. This happens when digestive juices or enzymes attack the pancreas.

Pancreatitis - symptoms, causes and treatment | healthdirect
The most common causes of pancreatitis are drinking too much alcohol and having gallstones. Treatment may include pain-relief medicine, lifestyle changes or surgery.

Pancreatitis - What You Need to Know
Care guide for Pancreatitis. Includes: possible causes, signs and symptoms, standard treatment options and means of care and support.

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Pain management in chronic pancreatitis: beyond opioids  The Lancet
Leflunomide-induced Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis:... : Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy Practice  Ovid
Alcoholic pancreatitis—it's the alcohol, stupid  Nature
NYU Langone’s Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology Appoints Director of Pancreatic Disease Program  NYU Langone Health
Inflammatory leg nodules following acute pancreatitis  The Lancet
Pancreatic cancer stroma: an update on therapeutic targeting strategies  Nature
Reflux Drugs and Dementia Risk; Epstein-Barr's Link to IBD; Managing Hepatitis Delta  MedPage Today
The pancreatic cancer genome revisited  Nature
Pancreatic cancer screening: more harms than benefits?  The Lancet
Biliary sludge and acute pancreatitis during pregnancy  Nature

Common Hepatology Symptoms

Jaundice (Icterus) — Yellowing of the skin and sclera caused by elevated serum bilirubin levels due to impaired hepatic processing or biliary obstruction.

Ascites — Pathologic accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity, commonly secondary to portal hypertension and advanced liver cirrhosis.

Hepatic Encephalopathy — Spectrum of neuropsychiatric abnormalities including confusion, asterixis, and altered consciousness resulting from neurotoxin accumulation.

Pruritus — Severe, generalized skin itching frequently associated with cholestatic liver diseases and systemic bile acid accumulation.

Right Upper Quadrant Abdominal Pain — Dull ache or sensation of fullness caused by stretching of Glisson's capsule surrounding an enlarged or inflamed liver.

Spider Angiomas and Palmar ErytHepa — Vascular cutaneous signs stemming from altered sex hormone metabolism and hyperdynamic circulation in chronic liver disease.

Dark Urine and Acholic Stools — Tea-colored urine from bilirubinuria paired with pale, clay-colored stools indicating impaired biliary drainage.

Milestones in Hepatology History

Discovery of the Australia Antigen (1965) — Baruch Blumberg identified the surface antigen of Hepatitis B, paving the way for diagnostic screening and the first HBV vaccine.

First Successful Human Liver Transplant (1967) — Dr. Thomas Starzl performed the world's first successful human liver transplantation at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.

Identification of Hepatitis Delta Virus (1977) — Mario Rizzetto discovered the delta antigen, characterizing HDV as a defective subviral pathogen reliant on HBV co-infection.

Cloning and Identification of Hepatitis C (1989) — Michael Houghton, Harvey Alter, and Charles Rice isolated the non-A, non-B hepatitis virus, officially naming it Hepatitis C.

Introduction of MELD Score System (2002) — The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease was adopted in the United States to prioritize liver allocation based on 3-month mortality risk.

Approval of Direct-Acting Antivirals for HCV (2013) — The FDA approved Sofosbuvir, ushering in an era of highly effective, interferon-free oral curative regimens for chronic Hepatitis C.

Nomenclature Shift to MASLD and MASH (2023) — Global liver societies renamed NAFLD/NASH to better reflect underlying metabolic pathology and eliminate stigmatizing language.

Current Hepatology Research

Bepirovirsen Functional Cure Trials — Evaluating antisense oligonucleotides to achieve a sustained loss of HBsAg and drug-free clinical response in patients living with chronic hepatitis B.

MASLD Diagnostics and Screening — Refining non-invasive biomarker panels and metabolic criteria to detect metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease early in co-infected populations.

Hepatitis D Expanded Testing Protocols — Implementing reflexive antibody and RNA testing strategies to address global underdiagnosis of delta hepatitis co-infections.

Global Elimination Strategy Implementation — Tracking regional epidemiological data and public health interventions designed to accelerate viral hepatitis eradication goals.

RNA Interference (RNAi) Gene Silencing — Investigating small interfering RNA therapies to knock down viral transcripts and reduce antigen production in chronic liver infections.

MASH Fibrosis Biomarker Development — Validating novel serum panels and elastography metrics to monitor metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis regression without invasive biopsies.

In Vivo Gene Editing via Lipid Nanoparticles — Utilizing hepatic-targeted LNP delivery systems to correct monogenic metabolic liver disorders directly within host hepatocytes.

Gut Microbiome Alterations in Cirrhosis — Analyzing gut-liver axis dysbiosis to prevent bacterial translocation and manage portal hypertension complications in end-stage liver disease.