My 4 year old has been itching for over a year

[cbarkwith]

Please help, my four year old son has been itching for over a year now and for no explained reason, for the last 4 weeks he has been unwell with tummy aches, sickness bug and headaches but no temperature. On Saturday I noticed his eyes were yellow and his wee extreamly dark so took him to hospital, results show problems with liver function, swallen bileduct and very low blood clotting counts... does anyone know ehat this could be... hepititis has been ruled out as test come back clear.

Please help!

[freddie76]

Please ask for him to be tested for alpha1 antitrypsin deficiency.

This causes liver and lung disease but rarely tested for.

Have any members of your family suffered with lung issues as this is hereditary.?

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Hi,

We are sorry to read that your son is not well.

The British Liver Trust is focussed on information for adults with liver problems. We would suggest that you think about contacting The Childrens Liver Disease foundation, here is the link;

childliverdisease.org

We wish yourself and your little boy all the very best,

BLT Admin

[AyrshireK]

The Children's Liver Disease Foundation also has a Health Unlocked Community.

At the top of the page click the My Communities arrow - it will bring up + BROWSE COMMUNITIES, click this and you will have the option to Search Health Unlocked (top right of screen) type in Children's Liver Foundation and it will bring up there forum which you can join and which might be of more use that this adult based one.

Hope you get to Kings very soon and that you get proper answers. A liver illness often found in young children is one called Biliaria Atresia and it might be one of the conditions Kings will want to explore - especially with the obvious bile duct issues which he's showing.

Best wishes, awful when such a wee one becomes so poorly.

Katie xx