4 YEARS AGO I WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL DUE TO PANCREATITIS . AFTER SEEING SEVERAL DOCTORS AND MANY TEST. THE CAUSE WAS MEDICATION. I ALSO HAVE PANCREAS DIVISUM. SINCE THEN I HAVE BEEN TO THE ER, URGENT CARE AND GASTROLOGIST. I HAVE HAD MULIPLE TEST CT SCAN, MRCP (2015 AND 2019, BLOOD TEST, ETC. JUST RECENTLY MY MRCP SHOWED "TRACE ASCITES" . I JUST HAD ALL KINDS OF BLOOD TEST ALL ARE IN RANGE. I AM RATHER UPSET DUE TO TRACE ASCITES. I AM REALLY SCARED. SHOULD I BE? BECAUSE ALL BLOOD WORK FOR LIVER FUNCTION , KIDNEY FUNCTION, ETC ARE ALL IN RANGE. NOW I AM GOING TO RUSH IN CHICAGO BUT TO IMPRESSED LIKE I THOUGHT I WOULD BE. THE PAIN HAS GOTTEN WORSE UPPER RIGHT SIDE SOMETIMES TO BACK. THEY ARE TALIKING ABOUT REPEAT MRCP IN 4 MONTHS AND OR ULTRA SOUND WITH NEEDLE TO TEST THE ASCITES . ANY THOUGHTS PLEASE.
I ALSO WANT TO ADD I HAVE COPD AND ASTHMA. I AM 59 YEAR OLD FEMALE. I AM NOT A BIG DRINKER MAYBE A GLASS OR 2 OF WINE ON THE WEEKEND OR A COUPLE OF BEERS.
What did your specialist conclude about the ascites? One of the causes is pancreatitis which you have had.