What Causes Pediatric Pancreatitis?
When a child experiences fever, nausea, vomiting and persistent stomach pains, most parents and doctors chalk it up to a 24-hour bug. But there’s another issue that causes remarkably similar symptoms, and it’s often overlooked: pediatric pancreatitis. Pancreatitis, an inflammation of the pancreas, is not commonly considered in children with GI symptoms — primarily because […]