Confidence votes 38.0K. The highest temperature ever recorded in Saudi Arabia was 125ÂºF (52ÂºC), which occurred at Jeddah on 22 June 2010. Mohamed Nijas.
That means an elevated amylase level may indicate a problem, but a disorder unrelated to the pancreas may be the cause. Lipase tests are usually more specific than amylase for diseases of the pancreas, particularly for acute pancreatitis and for acute alcoholic pancreatitis.
But lipase may rise to a greater extent and remain elevated much longer (7-10 days) than amylase. Elevations 2 to 50 times the upper reference have been reported. The increase in serum lipase is not necessarily proportional to the severity of the attack. Normalization is not necessarily a sign of resolution.