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If I asked you to name the most common causes of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI/PEI), what would you list?
And why?
Food for thought on what medical literature commonly - incorrectly - states as the most common cause of EPI: https://bit.ly/43E9wg5
#Gastrodon #gastrointestinal #diagnosis #screening #Gastroenterologist #pancreas #pancreaticcancer #pancreatitis #chronicpancreatitis #CysticFibrosis #exocrinepancreaticinsufficiency #PEI #EPI
Here is a summary (https://bit.ly/46OpN4J) of the new #SystematicReview on #ExocrinePancreaticInsufficiency in #type1diabetes and #type2diabetes including:
1. EPI 101
2. Why people with diabetes & healthcare providers should care
3. How many people w/ T1D & T2D get EPI
4. #PERT safety in #diabetes
5. PERT effect on #glucose
6. EPI vs #celiac and #gastroparesis in people with diabetes (you might be surprised, #gastrodon !)
7. If you suspect EPI...what should you do?
📢New article!
"A Systematic Review of Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency Prevalence and Treatment in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes"
https://doi.org/10.1089/dia.2023.0157
(Find an author copy + access all of my research at DIYPS.org/research!)
Or read my summary here: https://bit.ly/46OpN4J
#diabetes #type1diabetes #type2diabetes #EPI #PEI #exocrinepancreaticinsufficiency #gastrodon #gastroparesis #celiac
What is it like to #run 🏃🏼♀️ 100k (62+ miles), and what does it take to do it when you have four chronic diseases (Type 1 #diabetes, #celiac, #Graves, and #ExocrinePancreaticInsufficiency)?
How much fuel does it take (A LOT)
How many pills did I swallow (and why?!)?
And - what on earth did my #glucose levels do while running an #ultramarathon for 16 hours and 16 minutes?
All answered 🙂 in my 100k #ultra recap here: https://bit.ly/DanaMLewis-2023-100k
Every now and then I'm lucky enough to take a selfie that I don't delete and I don't think I've put a recent here on Mastadon. So hello, I'm Iza, #TransWoman #Autist #ADHDer #Runner #Poet and I have #Type1Diabetes and #ExocrinePancreaticInsufficiency #EPI
Today is day 3 of using zenpep, day 9 of using supplemental pancreatic enzymes
so far it certainly feels like digestion has been improving
I've observed that I need more insulin now with meals, probably because I'm digesting more of the carbohydrate that's in the food
Definitely a lot less gassy and it's been a while since I've had the really stinky farts I was prone to
Gonna head off to the lab this morning to get the blood drawn to check my fasting levels of the fat solubles, vit A, D, E, and K. I have been supplementing D, but not the others. But with a diagnosis of EPI, it's a good idea to check fat-soluble vitamin levels especially before starting PERT though I have now for a week been using otc supplements to see if they help me
They seem to. I've hardly farted this week, seems a good sign that digestion is better.
I'm learning something new. It seems that in recent years, a third classification group has come into being, type 3c which has 3 major criteria to differentiate it from type 1 -- presence of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, pathological imaging of pancreas, and an absence of autoimmune antibodies found in type 1 diabetics.
I don't have pathological imaging, but it may have been missed on both the ultrasound and mri...
#Type1Diabetes #Type3cDiabetes #EPI #ExocrinePancreaticInsufficiency