Case Report
Year: 2021 | Month: January | Volume: 8 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 660-662
Alcohol Induced Hypertriglyceridemia - Substantial Cause in Acute Pancreatitis: a Case Report
Jitha Thankachan1, Roshan Tiwari1, Khayati Moudgil2
1PharmD Interns, Department of Pharmacy Practice, JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty, India. JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research.
2Assistant Professor, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mauritius
Corresponding Author: Khayati Moudgil
ABSTRACT
This article describes the clinical case of a 35-year-old male who was diagnosed with acute pancreatitis on the basis of his previous medical history and clinical symptoms involving abdominal pain radiating to back and moderate episodes of vomiting. The cause of acute pancreatitis was later identified as alcohol-induced hypertriglyceridemia based on further laboratory test results. The patient showed substantial decrease in acute pancreatitis biomarkers after the initiation of insulin, which includes elevated serum amylase triglycerides and levels of fasting blood sugar. The article further shows the mechanism of hypertriglyceridemia caused by alcohol, and the role of insulin in reducing the level of triglycerides and attenuating acute pancreatitis symptoms.
Keywords: Acute pancreatitis, alcohol, mechanism, biomarkers.
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