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[[Pancreas Inflammatory - Pathology|See also Pancreas pathology]]
[[Pancreas Inflammatory - Pathology|See also Pancreas pathology]]
==Acute Pancreatitis==
**Yorkshire terriers, labs, minature poodles are predisposed
**Middle-old dogs
**Increased risk with obesity, [[DM|diabetes mellitus]], [[Adrenal Glands - Pathology#Adrenal Hyperfunction|hyperadrenocorticalism]], prior [[Alimentary - Anatomy & Physiology|GIT]] disease or epilepsy (?treatment associated).
**Male and speyed females > intact females.
===Clinical signs===
*Anorexia
*[[Control of Feeding - Anatomy & Physiology#The Vomit Reflex|Vomiting]]
*Abdominal pain
*Lethargy
*Depression
*Nausea
*[[Intestine Diarrhoea - Pathology|Diarrhoea]] (sometimes with blood, fresh or melaena, due to the proximity of inflamed pancreas to the [[Duodenum - Anatomy & Physiology|duodenum]] and [[Colon - Anatomy & Physiology|colon]])
*More severe cases may present in shock, acute renal failure, jaundiced (due to focal hepatic necrosis), or with cardiac arrhythmias or pulmonary oedema or pleural effusions, widespread haemorrhage or DIC
*Acute haemorrhagic pancreatitis may present as circulatory collapse