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Supplements, choline, etc.

Hi everyone, I've been taking a centrum multivitamin, omega 3, and vitamin d supplement for just over a year now but recently got some choline as I have read...

Hi everyone, I've been taking a centrum multivitamin, omega 3, and vitamin d sup...

Gbsteve

•4 years ago

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Medication query

Hi I have got cirrhosis of the liver cant sleep with stomach pains i just take 1 codine tablet at night to try to help me sleep will this harm my liver Thanks...

Hi I have got cirrhosis of the liver cant sleep with stomach pains i just take ...

Tessfairy

•4 years ago

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Getting a fibroscan.....

Hi everyone. Apologies for the essay and if this had been asked before. I did a search but didn't really find anything that answered my question. So several...

Hi everyone. Apologies for the essay and if this had been asked before. I did a...

Gbsteve

•4 years ago

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High GGT

Hi everyone I had bloods done a few days ago and just had a call from the GP he said my GGT levels were the highest hes ever seen @1335. I have really been...

Hi everyone I had bloods done a few days ago and just had a call from the GP he ...

Nick_123

•4 years ago

85 Replies

Questions Questions !!

Morning everyone. I am an information gatherer type of person, so I hope I dont drive everyone nuts by the asking.! has anyone heard of coeliac hepatitis? my...

Morning everyone. I am an information gatherer type of person, so I hope I dont ...

bevcol

•4 years ago

1 Reply

Decompensated cirrhosis

Hi all, hope everyone is coping with all that life is throwing at us, having got over the disappointment of two aborted transplant attempts, last week, I find...

Hi all, hope everyone is coping with all that life is throwing at us, having got...

Dotandken

•4 years ago

1 Reply

Interquartile range on FIBROSCAN

Sorry I wrote a reply that won’t post so please see pic below of the explanation of what an IQR is and what it means

Sorry I wrote a reply that won’t post so please see pic below of the explanation...

farranccc

•4 years ago

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Fibroscan results

Hello everyone I’m new here. I had a fibro scan a week ago and based on my IQR they recoment I retake the test again. Based on the results I have severe...

Hello everyone I’m new here. I had a fibro scan a week ago and based on my IQR t...

ab1982

•4 years ago

16 Replies

NON-alcoholic Fatty liver

Is fatty liver cause your neck and armpits dark discoloration?

faizreh

•4 years ago

1 Reply

Has my ascites gone for good?

Hello. I was diagnosed with liver disease last January and developed ascites soon after and had to be drained 3 times in a 2 month span. My liver wasn't...

Hello. I was diagnosed with liver disease last January and developed ascites soo...

Radtek9

•4 years ago

10 Replies

Hi. I'm another newbie here supporting (or trying to) a partner

My partner is pretty poorly at the moment. He has ascites for which he is now on spiro after 2 failed attempts to put a drain in. He has decompensated...

My partner is pretty poorly at the moment. He has ascites for which he is now on...

Hidden

•4 years ago

16 Replies

What is a GGT count?

Just found a letter dated Nov 2018 and it states that my ex has a GGT count of 2037. Naturally I Googled it and that seems crazy high. I’m baffled. What does...

Just found a letter dated Nov 2018 and it states that my ex has a GGT count of 2...

Debbie633

•4 years ago

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Fatty liver Or ALD Alt 66 Ast 35

I'm not sure what stage of fatty liver I am at. Have done so much research and studied health science. But the only was I will get answers is a fibroscan. The...

I'm not sure what stage of fatty liver I am at. Have done so much research and ...

Rochelle3

•4 years ago

2 Replies

Not Good News

Addenbrookes have called and they are not willing to go ahead due to the condition of Kevin’s artery they have advised us to go for a second opinion which we...

Addenbrookes have called and they are not willing to go ahead due to the conditi...

Bs1524

•4 years ago

35 Replies

Hepatitis E I don’t know much about this my blood test says detected. Also Epstein Barr virus from possible 2months.

My daughter had EBV when a teenager and she was very poorly with it, I don’t remember feeling as bad as that in the period of 2 months ago, unless it has...

My daughter had EBV when a teenager and she was very poorly with it, I don’t rem...

Smarter

•4 years ago

4 Replies

Cirrhosis and AIH

Hello all. I am new to the forum, but not new to liver disease unfortunately. I've been living with AIH since 2006. I always thought it was relatively well...

Hello all. I am new to the forum, but not new to liver disease unfortunately. I'...

MotherGothel

•4 years ago

13 Replies

Update on ultrasound

Slight fatty liver, small cyst on kidney, No gallstones shown? Had3 water infections with blood in!! Stomach pains stomach swollen still Any advice

Slight fatty liver, small cyst on kidney, No gallstones shown? Had3 water infe...

GGHolly

•4 years ago

2 Replies

Spider nevi

Hi, Just a quick question, i used to have quite a few spider veins on my upper torso, chest area. Noticed the other day that they have all vanished. question...

Hi, Just a quick question, i used to have quite a few spider veins on my upper t...

Chris-harris

•4 years ago

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Raised GGT/ALT. Completely lost.

Hello all. I literally found this forum minutes after speaking with my GP. I am 37, 6'1, 15 stone. Don't drink alcohol over the weekly suggested amount,...

Hello all. I literally found this forum minutes after speaking with my GP. I...

Soriox

•4 years ago

7 Replies

Raising Awareness of Liver Disease

The raising of awareness of liver disease over the years has taken me down many different roads. People in high places need to be informed of what is going on...

The raising of awareness of liver disease over the years has taken me down many ...

Richard-Allen

•4 years ago

9 Replies

Requests to share research or questionnaires

Hi all, Can we please remind any forum members wishing to share any surveys or questionnaires, that a request must first be made to the moderators of the...

Hi all, Can we please remind any forum members wishing to share any surveys or...

Hidden

•4 years ago

Gallstones and Liver connection

Can anybody tell me - if having elevated enzymes would be connected to having gallstones? I have been diagnosed with them in the passed two weeks and was also...

Can anybody tell me - if having elevated enzymes would be connected to having ga...

jemmy228

•4 years ago

6 Replies

Can I drink water before a scan

Having a liver scan on Monday 9.40 can I drink water, I shan’t eat in the morning or from 10.pm Sunday.

Having a liver scan on Monday 9.40 can I drink water, I shan’t eat in the mornin...

Smarter

•4 years ago

5 Replies

Urgent I am considered by hospital.

I just contacted the booking line for an appointment at the hospital for Hepatology (liver) clinic, as advised by my GP practice to phone. I have the scan...

I just contacted the booking line for an appointment at the hospital for Hepatol...

Smarter

•4 years ago

21 Replies

Sent for an ultrasound...🤦🏻‍♂️

Hello Just had a call; a month on, my bilirubin retest still shows it’s ‘still slightly raised’ (it was 30 last time) but I’m yet to found out the new number...

Hello Just had a call; a month on, my bilirubin retest still shows it’s ‘still ...

Harrison1

•4 years ago

10 Replies

Alcohol withdrawal symptoms - itchy all over

Hi, I had a burning pain in my liver but it is easing off now after I have stopped drinking alcohol -, 31 days alcohol fee. I've started feeling itchy all over...

Hi, I had a burning pain in my liver but it is easing off now after I have stopp...

Jaid123

•4 years ago

32 Replies

Pain in upper right abdo and ALT 200 never had any problems before all other bloods normal

Attended a nd e with upper right abdo pain and they said alt was 200 but everything else in normal range . I am waiting for ultrasound but in pain which comes...

Attended a nd e with upper right abdo pain and they said alt was 200 but everyth...

Woodycat02

•4 years ago

4 Replies

Newly diagnosed PBC

Hi, I have just been diagnosed and feel very scared when I read all the information. Currently I feel fine (although I have considerable abdominal discomfort)....

Hi, I have just been diagnosed and feel very scared when I read all the informat...

lizzybeebee2003

•4 years ago

11 Replies

MRI Liver following ct colon

Hi all, new to the group. I had an endoscopy two weeks ago found a hiatus hernia and prescribed omeprazole. Also a colonoscopy which we had to abandon due to...

Hi all, new to the group. I had an endoscopy two weeks ago found a hiatus hernia...

DCOC

•4 years ago

1 Reply

Decompensated liver

I was diagnosed with decompensated liver disease in February this year after 20 years of alcoholism. I had developed ascites and was admitted to hospital with...

I was diagnosed with decompensated liver disease in February this year after 20 ...

deanw41

•4 years ago

14 Replies

Posts - British Liver Trust | HealthUnlocked

British Liver Trust

All posts for November 2020

Supplements, choline, etc.

Medication query

Getting a fibroscan.....

High GGT

Questions Questions !!

Decompensated cirrhosis

Interquartile range on FIBROSCAN

Fibroscan results

NON-alcoholic Fatty liver

Has my ascites gone for good?

Hi. I'm another newbie here supporting (or trying to) a partner

What is a GGT count?

Fatty liver Or ALD Alt 66 Ast 35

Not Good News

Hepatitis E I don’t know much about this my blood test says detected. Also Epstein Barr virus from possible 2months.

Cirrhosis and AIH

Update on ultrasound

Spider nevi

Raised GGT/ALT. Completely lost.

Raising Awareness of Liver Disease

Requests to share research or questionnaires

Gallstones and Liver connection

Can I drink water before a scan

Urgent I am considered by hospital.

Sent for an ultrasound...🤦🏻‍♂️

Alcohol withdrawal symptoms - itchy all over

Pain in upper right abdo and ALT 200 never had any problems before all other bloods normal

Newly diagnosed PBC

MRI Liver following ct colon

Decompensated liver

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