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Anyone have normal blood tests and ultrasounds?

Hello anyone with alcoholic cirrhosis have normal bloods and ultrasounds before diagnosis? What test did you have that found it? What led you to the tests...

Hello anyone with alcoholic cirrhosis have normal bloods and ultrasounds before ...

linzenilss22

•9 years ago

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Hepatitis B Re-test

Quick Update: I just gave blood for the second Hepatitis B test. Result will be out in a week or two according to the GP. Finger crossed.

Quick Update: I just gave blood for the second Hepatitis B test. Result will be ...

Jjjo1

•9 years ago

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Fibroscan

Hi I'm having a Fibroscan, next week I know what the process involves. I just however wondered. If say you have a kpa of seven what does it mean. As if it's...

Hi I'm having a Fibroscan, next week I know what the process involves. I just ho...

markcoruk

•9 years ago

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This is a new one !!!!

Greetings 😘 Well !! I have never heard of this and don't quite believe it 😧😧 Darling Rob has been 'non-compliant' as usual - refusing wound dressings and...

Greetings 😘 Well !! I have never heard of this and don't quite believe it 😧😧...

Hidden

•9 years ago

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Harvoni treatment based on platelet count

Just wondering if anyone has read the new Nice guidelines about Harvoni treatment being based on platelet count...It looks like if you have a platelet count...

Just wondering if anyone has read the new Nice guidelines about Harvoni treatmen...

ballie52

•9 years ago

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Mahasti

Hello I wonder If you could give me some information about treatment of hepatitis c please ? My aunt has hepatitis c and cirrhoses . She lives in IRAN . She...

Hello I wonder If you could give me some information about treatment of hepati...

mahasti1975

•9 years ago

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fatty liver

hi, i have just been diagnosed with a fatty liver due to alcohol, although i have not drank since and never will again, does anyone know of any remedies that...

hi, i have just been diagnosed with a fatty liver due to alcohol, although i hav...

tammyscholey

•9 years ago

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My Harvoni & Ribavirin treatment,6 weeks on.

Diagnosed in 2002 with Hepatitis C and now having treatment. I started 5th August last month and was so grateful i was given the chance to get rid, I was...

Diagnosed in 2002 with Hepatitis C and now having treatment. I started 5th Augu...

scottyboy40

•9 years ago

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Still waiting HCV Treatment

I was so excited to learn that there is a cure for HCV October 2014...and by January 2015, thought treatments would begin in UK. I have cirrhosis...

I was so excited to learn that there is a cure for HCV October 2014...and by J...

art4949

•9 years ago

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Fatty Liver and Nausea

I am non-alcoholic and a non-smoker. I was diagnosed with high liver stiffness ( 7.9 ) and elevated level of liver enzymes. so the doctor advised me to undergo...

I am non-alcoholic and a non-smoker. I was diagnosed with high liver stiffness (...

zinks

•9 years ago

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Nausea and Fatty liver

I was advised liver biopsy for high liver stiffness ( 7.9 ) and elevated level of liver enzymes ( ALT ). Ever since i have cut down on my weight the elevated...

I was advised liver biopsy for high liver stiffness ( 7.9 ) and elevated level o...

zinks

•9 years ago

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Had ultrasound earlier today - not good news ....

I saw my GP on Monday (3 days ago) and he tried to reassure me that I do not have cirrhosis. However, I have continued to feel very unwell - as well as being...

I saw my GP on Monday (3 days ago) and he tried to reassure me that I do not hav...

GavBelfast

•9 years ago

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Hepatitis Result, I don't know what's going on.

Okay. I did the Hep B and C test last month and I phoned the GP for the result today, I was told the GP will ring me but then the receptionist phoned me back...

Okay. I did the Hep B and C test last month and I phoned the GP for the result t...

Jjjo1

•9 years ago

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Creatinine mysteriously rising...

Hello, My hubby's creatinine levels have been between 110 and 130 up to last week... They are 170 this week and his tac level is non detectable even though...

Hello, My hubby's creatinine levels have been between 110 and 130 up to last wee...

pear-shaped

•9 years ago

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Amitriptyline

Iam taking Amitriptyline 25mg for fibromyalgia which was diagnosed by the Rheumatologist, are these safe to take with liver problems, iam not sure what to...

Iam taking Amitriptyline 25mg for fibromyalgia which was diagnosed by the Rheuma...

buddymac48

•9 years ago

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Has anyone heard of Jugular vein biopsy?

Hi, I am going to have a jugular vein biopsy soon and just wondered if anyone else has had the same procedure and what to expect from it. Jane

Hi, I am going to have a jugular vein biopsy soon and just wondered if anyone el...

pishi1

•9 years ago

19 Replies

Mild liver worris post exercise

Hello I wonder if anybody can help with advice or an educated guess as to what might have happened. I am a keen long distance runner and recently completed a...

Hello I wonder if anybody can help with advice or an educated guess as to what ...

DollyOblong

•9 years ago

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Influenza Vaccination

Hi All, I just got a letter from the local surgery stating that I'm entitled to the free flu jab. I had a transplant last November and I seem to remember...

Hi All, I just got a letter from the local surgery stating that I'm entitled to...

RodeoJoe

•9 years ago

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Liver cysts and gallstones

Hi. I have been diagnosed with Gallstones but also have a problem with my liver and kidneys. I always put down Liver problems to drinking excessive amounts of...

Hi. I have been diagnosed with Gallstones but also have a problem with my liver ...

bell3010

•9 years ago

6 Replies

Fibroscan questions

Hi I had a fibroscan 6 months after a successful trial to cure my hep c a year prior to treatment my fibroscan score was 23 after treatment the nurse doing...

Hi I had a fibroscan 6 months after a successful trial to cure my hep c a year ...

marktq1

•9 years ago

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healthy

firstly I wish you good health I am a man aged 39, father of a daughter aged 2 and a half, I suffer from chronic hepatitis B. I discovered this disease just a...

firstly I wish you good health I am a man aged 39, father of a daughter aged 2 a...

Bahsou

•9 years ago

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Countdown nearly over....

On 1st June went into hospital for a gallbladder operation. The Op was abandoned and the surgeon told me I had cirrhosis. Gallbladder stayed in but my...

On 1st June went into hospital for a gallbladder operation. The Op was abandone...

BenJoe

•9 years ago

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Can't believe it

I lost the man i love so much last night i was with him right to the very end he went peacfully and with dignity he was so heavily sedated and on a venterlater...

I lost the man i love so much last night i was with him right to the very end he...

treamber

•9 years ago

31 Replies

Gallstones

Hi I had surgery for 2 ovarian tumours 2 yrs ago and recently found out that my scans showed small gallstones, which I never knew I had. Since my surgery my...

Hi I had surgery for 2 ovarian tumours 2 yrs ago and recently found out that my ...

Ladyone1

•9 years ago

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Zoledronic Acid and the new HCV Treatment

Hi My Rheumatologist prescribed the Zoledronic intravenous injection for me for Osteoporosis. I have cancelled my appointment because yesterday I received a...

Hi My Rheumatologist prescribed the Zoledronic intravenous injection for me for...

Tatjana

•9 years ago

7 Replies

Intensely scared that I have alcoholic cirrhosis

Hi folks, I am a 46 year old male from Belfast. After 25 years or so of generally moderate, social drinking, a series of negative life events over recent...

Hi folks, I am a 46 year old male from Belfast. After 25 years or so of genera...

GavBelfast

•9 years ago

60 Replies

Start of new chapter I hope

Just a quick one, but I received a phone call from Leeds hospital yesterday i have been invited in for my formal transplant assessment on the 6th October had...

Just a quick one, but I received a phone call from Leeds hospital yesterday i ha...

jojokarak

•9 years ago

10 Replies

Shooting pain on left side next to liver.

This comes and goes and I used to think my liver was on my left side due to the pain. Does anyone else have this? Is it my stomach or gallbladder?

This comes and goes and I used to think my liver was on my left side due to the ...

acjb007

•9 years ago

5 Replies

autoimmune hepatitis

i was told about three weeks ago that i have autoimmune hepatitis and told to take steriods budesonide 9mg a day thats all i know about it

i was told about three weeks ago that i have autoimmune hepatitis and told to t...

mrsvod

•9 years ago

7 Replies

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All posts for September 2015

Anyone have normal blood tests and ultrasounds?

Hepatitis B Re-test

Fibroscan

This is a new one !!!!

Harvoni treatment based on platelet count

Mahasti

fatty liver

My Harvoni & Ribavirin treatment,6 weeks on.

Still waiting HCV Treatment

Fatty Liver and Nausea

Nausea and Fatty liver

Had ultrasound earlier today - not good news ....

Hepatitis Result, I don't know what's going on.

Creatinine mysteriously rising...

Amitriptyline

Has anyone heard of Jugular vein biopsy?

Mild liver worris post exercise

Influenza Vaccination

Liver cysts and gallstones

Fibroscan questions

healthy

Countdown nearly over....

Can't believe it

Gallstones

Zoledronic Acid and the new HCV Treatment

Intensely scared that I have alcoholic cirrhosis

Start of new chapter I hope

Shooting pain on left side next to liver.

autoimmune hepatitis

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