Liver blood test

[Chrisp2019]

Hi all .. I am new to this site looking for some thoughts. I am 39 years old and enjoyed drinking to much at times .. most of the drinking was on the weekend parties and so on but clearly binge drinking. I would say 1 year about I started feeling a sharp pain the middle of my rib cage , sometimes like a burning feeling . So I went multiple times to my gp he draw tons of blood everything was normal . He sent me for a emergency cat scan of my tummy nothing came up abnormal . I pushed the issues and was sent to a dr who performed more blood tests still normal. I then had a edoscopy and colonoscopy nothing was found . I took anpacease elastase test also normal . The dr things it’s a radiating pain from a old back surgery I just find that odd : my concern is it could be related to my liver . I don’t have any other obvious symptoms just after I drink my stool is a lighter color for a day or 2 . Would there be any reason for me to further push the issue ? Could this be unrelated to liver ? Or should I see a different dr ?

Thanks

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Hi Chrisp,

Welcome to the forum, everyone has advice that is helpful. I would seek a second opinion, take a break from drinking and generally cut down. Hopefully your results will be within range again and no major problems detected. A decent Doctor will tell you that anyway, you must be honest with them.

Good luck,

Mark.

[Chrisp2019]

Matter a fact I also had a ct scan I was trying to cover all angles they said only this ...LIVER: No mass. Right hepatic lobe slightly prominent in size measuring 18.5 cm in length,

possibly a Riedel's lobe as opposed to hepatomegaly.

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The light stool is concerning. Do you mean lighter brown or lighter as in clay coloured? As for the ct scan, the right lobe is always biggest but if they are indicating the lobe itself is enlarged than it would indeed seem they are suggesting Riedels lobe as hepatomegaly typically emcompasses an enlargment of the entire liver. I'd look into that further personally. Any morphological changes shouldn't be overlooked. I think your being thorough and I'd be the same in your shoes. My suggestion would be to see a hepotologist specifically.

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Cor blimey Phoenix, I’m having to google some of your words. Are you testing us or summat? 😁

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I’m with you on this one Milo. 😂

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Hidden is even testing this old liver nurse!!!! Great advice all

[Danubian in reply to Hidden]

me too

[Chrisp2019 in reply to Hidden]

Lighter brown, clay I’m assuming would be more of a whitish tint. At least to my understanding. Yeah that’s why I wanted to cover all possibilities

[Hidden in reply to Chrisp2019]

Yes clay would be more of a light tan or whitish colour

[Chrisp2019 in reply to Hidden]

Yeah wouldn’t say tan or white that’s a good thing

[Hidden in reply to Chrisp2019]

Yea light brown is considered normal

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Hi Chrisp2019

Great advice from the forum members, we would suggest you consider a referral to a liver specialist to further investigate matters.

Take care

Trust1

[Chrisp2019 in reply to Hidden]

I am not great with the medical dr term . The dr I went to who did the colonoscopy and endoscopy, I thought was a specialist or there is a specific dr who just deals with the liver

[Hidden in reply to Chrisp2019]

You probably saw a gastroenterologist (a doctor who specialises in diseases relating to the digestive tract) with a liver specialism. Some bigger teaching hospitals have dedicated hepatologists- these are doctors who specialise only in the liver. Either of these specialists should be able to help you.

[Hidden in reply to Chrisp2019]

Precisely as Trust1 says you did see a gastroenterologist. For the situation your describing I'd try and see a hepatologist. Any and all things liver is their number 1 speciality.

[Chrisp2019 in reply to Hidden]

Yes it was a gastroenterologist. I made an appointment with a hepatologist end of this month to see what she has to say