hi, my wife has just been discharge after about a week in hospital, she had pain upper abdo, chest area,, unable to eat properly, had ultra sound today, with a ct to be done, letter to our gp states,possible undiagnosed GORD?and the neck body and tail of pancreas are baulky,& heterogerous, and have noticed changes from her last ultrsound scan a year agowhat does all this mean please,
Hi ! The pain in the upper abdomen of your wife must have been severe enough for getting admitted in the hospital for a week. I would like to know her food habits. Does she take alcoholic beverages ? Did she suffer from any viral fever in the past ? The ultrasound report shows some generalized swelling of the pancreas. This may point to inflammation of pancreas and not simply GOOD. This is why she has been already advised for a CT scan of the abdomen. You doctor may also advise your wife to have a serum amylase and lipase test which usually are increased in inflammation of pancreas. Till she gets other investigations done, she should completely avoid alcoholic beverages (if she used to take), go for bland diet without any spices and fat with a lot of roughage in it, and can go for some kind antacid and acid reducing agent like omeprazole, pantropazole, or rabeprzole after consulting her doctor. Also, she should take a lot of liquids. Hope this helps her till all her investigations are done.