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Pancreatic insufficiency ..No cause?

Digestive Health | Last Active: Mar 20 5:07am | Replies (25)
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Thank you all for your replies. As I see most responders are in the 70 s of age or older so EPI could be related to age. This doesn't apply to my case, I just turned 40 and my symptoms started 15 months ago. I have recently been diagnosed with prediabetes so this could be related. I haven't found any explanation for my symptoms so far. Even EPI is just a possibility, according to symptoms (excessive gas, chronic diarrhea, abdominal pain )but not a defintive diagnosis as I haven't had the elastase test ( very expensive where I live).

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diamondback2k9 | @diamondback2k9 | Mar 13 12:45pm

I am 38 and I have had chronic diaherra for awhile and have googled for an answer. My story was i got to the point where I couldn't eat and lost weight quickly. Went and got a colonospcy and it came back clean. I sucked it up and went to the ER and found an inflamed appendix. Had that removed and issues got better but still remained. Finally got diagnosed with EPI after a few stool test. My CT Scan is showing no issues with my pancreas. My GI Dr is saying they are seeing increase of younger people with this likely due to our diets.

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