Don't want to make this post too long so I'll try to be as short as I can. I drank very heavily in my 20s, cut down to binge drinking in my early 30s. Only drank around once a month by my mid thirties but I did have an accidental paracetamol over dose when all my symptoms started 2 years ago. The liver pain kicked in 3 days after the over dose under my ribs and in my back. I also had 4 paracetamol over doses in my twenties, one was massive where I got treatment for on the anti dote. The others I didn't get treatment for but were smaller (around 10 tablets each time). My symptoms started with my once regular periods became irregular (I had my hormones checked and they are normal and I'm not peri menopausal) , sweating especially after drinking alcohol or taking any paracetamol for pain relief, I know have the sweating daily and almost like a heat coming off my liver area and upper right leg, steatorrhea which I've had for 2 years, it did clear up for a bit but it's been back this last 3 months, clay coloured stools, bloating and gas and sulphur burps especially after a fatty meal, liver pain under my ribs, my right side and right shoulder and back, my liver area feels sensitive all the time. If I eat a fatty meal the liver pain is worse, even If I eat one chip it kicks in. Its not intense pain a dull ache, itching under the skin, an itch like no other affecting everywhere but the back of my legs and buttocks are the worst, night sweats too. I've had all these symptoms for 2 years but they are now daily rather than every so often or after alcohol or certain meds. I haven't had alcohol since the summer as even after one glass of wine the heat and pain kicks in. It's like someone has rubbed deep heat on the area so it's not like a burning pain, it's not painful, just not like it's inflamed.
I've had 3 sets of LFTs over the past 2 years, the last one was in april and were normal. An ultrasound which was just done by ultrasound direct which was normal but at the time I was 2 stone heavier so they did say my weight made it hard for them to get a clear picture. I also had a fibroscan done by the BLT Road show, not by the hepatoligist by an assistant (I don't know if this makes a difference) which was 5.4 kpa. As I said these symroms started just days after my accidental over dose and have gradually worsen over the last 2 years. I'm scared, I know my body and regardless of the tests it's very clear to me that something is wrong. My GP won't test further than LFTs. Has anyone else been in this situation where their tests have been normal but they know something isn't right. I do feel I've damaged my liver with too much alcohol and certainly by all the paracetamol overdoses. I was young and stupid and really didn't understand what paracetamol can do to your body and the one in my 30s was accidental, I wasn't trying to harm myself. Thanks for any replies x