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                    [Title] => What is acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis?
                    [Summary] => The mysterious disorder that caused the death of popular young actor Rico Yan last week remains a puzzle to medicine as no specific cause is yet known to trigger the affliction.


According to gastroenterologist Dr. Higino Mappala, assistant medical center chief and a specialist-consultant on internal medicine of the Dr. Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center, acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis (AHP) has several known risk factors such as alcohol and drug intake, gallstones, viral infections, obesity, trauma, intake of fatty foods and metabolic disorders.

Mappala defined AHP as a severe form of inflammation of the pancreas, a digestive organ located in the posterior of the stomach. [DatePublished] => 2002-04-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) ) )
DR. HIGINO MAPPALA
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                    [Title] => What is acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis?
                    [Summary] => The mysterious disorder that caused the death of popular young actor Rico Yan last week remains a puzzle to medicine as no specific cause is yet known to trigger the affliction.


According to gastroenterologist Dr. Higino Mappala, assistant medical center chief and a specialist-consultant on internal medicine of the Dr. Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center, acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis (AHP) has several known risk factors such as alcohol and drug intake, gallstones, viral infections, obesity, trauma, intake of fatty foods and metabolic disorders.

Mappala defined AHP as a severe form of inflammation of the pancreas, a digestive organ located in the posterior of the stomach. [DatePublished] => 2002-04-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) ) )
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