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can a person play sports if he has acute pancreatitis?

my brother is vomiting, nausea, pain in adomen, the nurses placed a tube in him to relieve of fluid and air. his blood pressure is high and he has a rapid pulse. Is this a mild case or severe case. Can a person play sports after something this serious?

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1. Not until a doctor gives him a clean bill of health. Getting hit in the stomach or spleen could be very serious. Just from having a severe case of mono in high school, I was not allowed to play contact sports or take gym class for the whole year, because they said my spleen could rupture. Pancreatitis is pretty disruptive to the whole body, and until everything is healed up, he shouldn't be overtaxing his strength. Since a tube had to be placed in him to remove excess fluid and air, it sounds pretty serious. Until his blood pressure and pulse are normal for several weeks he should stick to more rest, light exercise like walking, and really take it easy. Hope he is getting better soon.