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From: m19peters on 6 Nov 2007 13:27
A brief synopsis of my symptoms currently are:

Gas (especially bad during the morning/night)
Bloating
Greasy/Wet, sometimes floating stools (1 to 2 a day)
Anxiety
Rough vertical lines in fingernails
Pain in upper left abdomen that comes and goes in very short spurts (1
out of 10 on pain scale)
Frequent indigestion

My story...

A year ago I had what I think was a mild pancreatitis attack that sent
me to the ER.
I'll put this in a list to make it easier to read...


October 06 - What I think was a mild pancreatitis attack a year ago
(lipase not too high, 340, in ER but the pain had somewhat subsided
when I went
the hospital, pain lasted about 6-7 hours, was a 5 out of 10 on pain
scale, with
pain I had nausea and diarrhea, ER released me with a strained rib
muscle)
November 06 - Saw Gastro and diagnosed with GERD just from describing
symptoms,
had CT scan negative, stool studies showed nothing, upper GI endoscopy
negative
January 07 - Diagnosis of type 2 diabetes due to two high fasting
blood sugars (180)
March 07 - another CT scan negative, upper GI endoscopy negative
March 07 - Diagnosis of type 1 diabetes due to GAD antibody positive
test, celiac blood panel negative, A1C of 7.9
May 07 - Gallbladder utrasound negative
July 07 - MRCP negative
September 07 - endoscopic ulrasound negative... checked gallbladder
and pancreas


NOTES: during a 4-5 month period with unknown type 1 diabetes I went
from 215lbs to 175lbs.
215 was heavy for my 5'9 frame...I am now back up to 188lbs...
enzyme tests throughout the past year have had fequent lipase
elevations (usually in low 300's)...
amylase has always been fine as has my liver enzymes. In March I
started with just 5 units of Lantus... I now am up to 20 units and
take Novalog for meals on a 20 carb/1 unit scale

My blood sugars are fairly regulated with diet, exercise, ...
my last A1C was 5.9... I can seem to have weeks of normal digestion
and then have weeks
of abnormal digestion without any known cause. I've tried cutting out
trigger foods
like tomatoe sauce, alcohol, caffeine, etc... tried fasting for a
day... nothing seems to help.

Can these symptoms above be just IBS? Greasy/wet stools? Celiac
disease,
I was tested with a blood test; could this be missed through that
test?

Would it be possible to rule out malabsorption? Concerns about my
fingernails and stools? Pancreatic Insufficiency?

I've never had a colonoscopy; should this be next step?

While I understand from reading and going through what I have, that it
is very hard to diagnose
certain digestive problems... I would really appreciate any thoughts
that anyone has to my
current situation. And I cannot ignore that these problems started a
year ago
the day that I had a pancreatitis attack and later found I have LADA
(type 1.5 or
type 1, however you want to classify) diabetes.

Thanks

From: m19peters on 6 Nov 2007 13:37
I am 26 years old...

From: jay on 9 Nov 2007 11:35
> A brief synopsis of my symptoms currently are:
> Gas, Bloating, Greasy/Wet stools, Anxiety, Rough vertical lines in fingernails
> Pain in upper left abdomen, Frequent indigestion ...
>
> mild pancreatitis ...Diagnosis of type 1 diabetes

The exact reason for autoimmune diseases remains illusive. Currently,
one theory is the "Hygiene Hypothesis" which basically says the immune
system becomes dysregulated due to lack of pathegon (ie helminths,
hookworms, roundworms, pinworms, etc) which rountinely challenged the
immune system until recent improvements in developed nations. At
first, this sounds as hokey, but there is enough emperical evidence to
make it plausible. For further info, see

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygiene_hypothesis
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1618732

A dysregulated immune system can be aggravated by allergens. You may
want to look into the possible role of milk in Type 1 Diabetes.

From: Patrick K on 9 Nov 2007 17:40
There is a realy good website HelpForIBS.com
and alot of good information.
The lady is Heather Van Vorous.
Try there.
Patrick

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