I am just looking for some advice. I have had awful symptoms since end Jan this year of abdominal pain upper right, very pale fatty gassy stools, bloating, itchy skin on arms legs and stomach, initially insatiable thirst, shortness of breath, now little spidery veins appearing on side of ribs (not with a clear red centre), lower back ache and pain in my shoulders, fatigue and general malaise, and lots of small varicose veins appearing on ankles and legs. I feel like my circulation is poor, I had had tingling in thumbs, cold and numb fingers and feet when it is not that cold, bloodshot eyes.
I have had 2 lots of LFTs and a fair full range of bloods including for autoimmune, chest x-ray, ECG, EchoCardiogram and then abdominal CT scan and finally a gastroscopy
I had low B12 and now had loading dose which did make me feel a lot better but still have gassy GI the veins and itchy belly with slight rash and fatigue and shortness of breath.
I had been drinking heavily but stopped end Jan with 2 exceptions of binging weekends when I fell off the wagon.
Every time I look at sensible websites like NHS and various organisations like BLT the illness most fitting my symptoms is liver disease.
But GP and now Gastroenterologist saying liver and pancreas and bile ducts are fine and portal vein fine and no sign of varicise in oesophageal or stomach. And Gaston told me I am not yellow.
they though maybe gallstones or chronic pancreatitis but told not either of those.
Does anyone have experience of having liver disease without raised LFTs or anything showing on ultrasound, CT scan or upper endoscopy ? Can I be reassured by the medics?
Can I have had an initial flare or severe inflammation of liver or pancreas that calmed down by April when I got CT scan and actually the test missed a fatty liver stage or early cirrhosis.
I am just very confused. Many Thanks for anyone who has any advice on what next.
I know my body and am not well but finding it hard to take the medical advice that there is nothing wrong with me.