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Worrying about Hep B/C and in persistent pain. Will it ever go away?

Hi all, I am as yet undiagnosed. I've been having pain under my right ribs from front to back for about six weeks. It changes from a nervous feeling to a...

Hi all, I am as yet undiagnosed. I've been having pain under my right ribs from ...

•7 years ago

Jaundice with severe itching

Hi, I'm pretty new to this. My mother in law who is 65 has jaundice. She's had severe itching for the last 2 months. She had a stent put in her bile duct as...

Hi, I'm pretty new to this. My mother in law who is 65 has jaundice. She's had s...

•7 years ago

A little bit of advice

Hi, new here so hoping I'm posting in the right section.... My brother who lives with me and my partner is a recovering alcoholic he had been drinking heavily...

Hi, new here so hoping I'm posting in the right section.... My brother who lives...

•7 years ago

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Work getting suspicious. Time to come clean about my cirrhosis?

My attendance for work is terrible as some days I have no energy and call in sick. The past 3 days I've spent in bed sleeping. Work know I'm under supervision...

My attendance for work is terrible as some days I have no energy and call in sic...

•7 years ago

Low albomin

Hi, My husband was diagnosed with non alcoholic liver cirrohsis 5 months back. He had complications like edema and acites and had portal hyper tension with...

Hi, My husband was diagnosed with non alcoholic liver cirrohsis 5 months back....

•7 years ago

Advice please

Back in May alt 133 ast 55 then July alt 108 ast 50. Everything else okay. Ultrasound told liver looked perfectly healthy. Fibroscan I don't have the score...

Back in May alt 133 ast 55 then July alt 108 ast 50. Everything else okay. Ultr...

•7 years ago

Liver problems

Hi everyone...just a quick hi and explain my problem....i recently had a blood test to keep a check on my thyroid and that test also showed an elevated reading...

Hi everyone...just a quick hi and explain my problem....i recently had a blood t...

•7 years ago

Hepatic encephalopathy

Anyone have any tips on reducing amonia levels in the blood? Had mind tested & is on higher side of normal. Worried as I had an episode of encephalopathy in...

Anyone have any tips on reducing amonia levels in the blood? Had mind tested & i...

•7 years ago

I feel so tried & weak!

I just feel so weak & tired all the time :( Does anyone else feel like that!

I just feel so weak & tired all the time :( Does anyone else feel like that!

•7 years ago

Stage 4 alcoholic liver cirrhosis stage 4

I was diagnosed in July 2016 with stage 4 cirrhosis due to alcohol also osophical varices where I had 6 banded and glued, I am now 15 months sober but...

I was diagnosed in July 2016 with stage 4 cirrhosis due to alcohol also osophica...

•7 years ago

Stage 4 cirrhosis and varices

Hi everyone my name is Rod and in July last year I was diagnosed with stage 4 cirrhosis and osophical varices where I had vomited nearly two pints of blood and...

Hi everyone my name is Rod and in July last year I was diagnosed with stage 4 ci...

•7 years ago

Kings referral

Hello everyone, A friend has been referred by his hospital consultant to the transplant unit at Kings. Can anyone with any experience of Kings give him an idea...

Hello everyone, A friend has been referred by his hospital consultant to the tra...

•7 years ago

'The Shadow'

Hi all, not sure really what I'm looking for her but I figured this may be a place to get some information. My mum has been hospitalised twice since July with...

Hi all, not sure really what I'm looking for her but I figured this may be a pla...

•7 years ago

For my lovely dad

I posted on here recently in a hope I would be able to find the answers to save dad, unfortunately dad won the battle but lost the war and passed t away this...

I posted on here recently in a hope I would be able to find the answers to save ...

•7 years ago

Fluttering Feeling

Does anybody get a kind of 'Fluttering Feeling' around their Liver? I have been getting this for sometime but more often lately. It is not painful at all,...

Does anybody get a kind of 'Fluttering Feeling' around their Liver? I have been...

•7 years ago

Liver Biopsy 7 weeks ago. Sharp attack type pain in liver after all this time.

I have no idea what is going on. I had a laproscopy to remove adhesions, check on a cyst in my pancreas and have a liver biopsy. My liver was malformed and had...

I have no idea what is going on. I had a laproscopy to remove adhesions, check o...

•7 years ago

Haemochromatosis support please. Ferritin levels climbing again and feel so sick. No contact from anyone.

So I'd been gradually getting sick for many years with various ailments. Eventually so ill I forced myself to overcome my massive phobia of blood. Anyway turns...

So I'd been gradually getting sick for many years with various ailments. Eventua...

•7 years ago

Gallstones

Hi everyone I ve just bn diagnosed with gallstones the scan showed abt six stones. The pain comes and goes. My consultant is suggesting operation to remove...

Hi everyone I ve just bn diagnosed with gallstones the scan showed abt six sto...

•7 years ago

Heavy period after six years

Hi I have not had a period for six and a half years, All of a sudden I'm bleeding really heavy and bad stomach pains..

Hi I have not had a period for six and a half years, All of a sudden I'm bleedin...

•7 years ago

Feeling Frustrated

I have been doing some reading up on Low Vitamin D levels, high white blood cells and Liver disease. So from what I can tell, both of these can be a sign of...

I have been doing some reading up on Low Vitamin D levels, high white blood cell...

•7 years ago

Diarrhea

Hello, It's been more than 2 years since transplant. Last 3-4 months I've had diarrhea. Is it happening to anyone here? I'm taking prograf 3mg everyday and...

Hello, It's been more than 2 years since transplant. Last 3-4 months I've had di...

•7 years ago

Itching

Has anyone found anything that helps Itching without doing any more damage to the liver? Can't sleep most nights and scratch myself raw daily. Nothing seems...

Has anyone found anything that helps Itching without doing any more damage to th...

•7 years ago

CONFUSED

I have been through a bought of sepsis & suspended from the transplant list. I have had what I thought where the relevent tests but have now been semi...

I have been through a bought of sepsis & suspended from the transplant list. I h...

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•7 years ago

Hubby on list

Hi my hubby has finally gone on liver transplant list . Feel so helpless for him . How long have people been waiting for a transplant once on list . He's at...

Hi my hubby has finally gone on liver transplant list . Feel so helpless for him...

•7 years ago

Cirrhosis grading

Hi everyone I have stage 4liver cirrhosis and have been graded child Pugh A can anyone tell me anything more information on what this means please?

Hi everyone I have stage 4liver cirrhosis and have been graded child Pugh A can ...

•7 years ago

Update

Hi all. How are you all today? I managed to get a cancellation, so instead of seeing the Liver Specialist on Nov 21st, I saw them today. Not much further...

Hi all. How are you all today? I managed to get a cancellation, so instead of...

•7 years ago

Thank you

To every one for the messages of support you have sent me. I for one will not give up fighting this setback, from the bottom of my heart I thank you all so...

To every one for the messages of support you have sent me. I for one will not gi...

•7 years ago

Advice and help about drinking

Hi Everyone, I have been worried about my drinking for the past 20 years and over the past 5 years have been trying to stop. I usually stop for a few months,...

Hi Everyone, I have been worried about my drinking for the past 20 years and ove...

•7 years ago

Ng tube feeding sent home to die

Hi I'm wondering if people had much success with the feeding tube and how thin they were my dad is really ill with end stage liver disease a specialist team...

Hi I'm wondering if people had much success with the feeding tube and how thin t...

•7 years ago

Will things get better or is it just a slippery slope from here?

Got Diagnosed with Congenital Liver Fibrosis a year ago after having my Baby. I was wrongly diagnosed with chloestasis of pregnancy, long story short after a...

Got Diagnosed with Congenital Liver Fibrosis a year ago after having my Baby. I ...

•7 years ago

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