Diagnosis Column: Acute pancreatitis
— 28th June 2018
Acute Pancreatitis is the sudden inflammation of the pancreas caused by abnormal activation of the digestive system within the pancreas. The symptoms of acute pancreatitis can be mild or severe.
Dr. Emmanuel Enabulele
I was presiding in a seminar on fake drugs organised by the Health Writers Association of Nigeria. One of the presenters is the head of a psychiatric hospital. I had asked her about the most commonly abused substance in our environment. Her answer was very simple and straight forward: Alcohol. It wasn’t even hard substances, like morphine and cocaine. At the time of this seminar, Tramadol was not even trending.
The import of this is that sizeable populations of our citizenry, especially the middle class, are consuming quite a quantity of alcohol beverages. It is not surprising that…
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