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Medical students use the mnemonic I GET SMASHED to remember the following additional causes of pancreatitis: I for idiopathic (unknown causes) G for gallstones E for ethanol (alcohol) T for trauma S for steroids M for mumps as well as other infections, such as Ascaris lumbricoides parasites, Coxsackie B virus, viral hepatitis, leptospirosis, and HIV and malignancy (tumors) Autoimmune pancreatitis, which develops from an excess of IgG4 antibodies S for scorpion stings H for hyperlipidemia and hypertriglyceridemia (elevated levels of fat in your blood) and hypercalcemia (elevated blood calcium levels, which may cause calcium to deposit in the pancreatic duct or mediate the activation of pancreatic enzymes) E for ERCP, or endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, an invasive diagnostic technique D for drugs Which Drugs Cause Pancreatitis
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