No Easy Way To Diagnose Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency, Expert Says.

reports on “exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, or EPI, a condition in which the pancreas doesn’t produce enough digestive enzymes to adequately absorb the nutrients in food.” Patients with EPI “can experience common digestive woes...as well as more serious medical complications including weight loss, vitamin deficiencies, osteoporosis and diabetes.” Some may even end up seriously malnourished. Dr. Christopher Forsmark, chief of the University of Florida Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, explained, “One of the biggest challenges we have is just making a diagnosis of EPI because there’s no easy way to do it.” http://health.usnews.com/health-news/patient-advice/articles/2016-09-26/epi-the-serious-but-little-known-cause-of-digestive-issues