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September 22, 2026

Diabetes After Pancreatitis or Pancreatic Surgery: Understanding Type 3c Diabetes

How glucose, insulin-secretion, autoimmune, and stool tests answer different questions after pancreatic disease or surgery.

Diabetes can develop after pancreatitis or pancreatic surgery because pancreatic disease can affect the cells that make insulin. This is often called pancreatic, pancreatogenic, or type 3c diabetes. Understanding the cause matters because some people […]

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September 20, 2026

Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency: What Stool Elastase and Nutrient Tests Can Reveal

How stool consistency, pancreatic enzyme output, and fat-soluble vitamin results shape a focused malabsorption evaluation.

Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, or EPI, occurs when too little pancreatic digestive-enzyme activity reaches the intestine to digest food adequately. It can cause greasy stools, unintended weight loss, and nutritional problems. The stool pancreatic elastase-1 test […]

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September 2, 2026

Pancreatitis: Symptoms, Lipase Testing, Imaging, and Urgent Care

How acute pancreatitis is evaluated, why lipase is a targeted test, and how chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic insufficiency differ.

Direct answer: Acute pancreatitis is a potentially serious inflammation of the pancreas that usually requires urgent clinical assessment. Diagnosis generally requires at least two of three findings: characteristic upper-abdominal pain, amylase or lipase at least […]

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