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Cod liver oil

Sorry for yet another post,My husband has decompensated liver cirrhosis and his legs are extremely swollen and he is at the point of not being able to walk now he's in so much pain he also has pain in his lower back, should he go to hospital? If so does anyone know what they will do?

Hi, I’m filling in my transplant assessment form for a meeting in a few weeks time and some of the questions seem vague. There is a question regarding how healthy I feel today with a scale from 1 to 10 ( eq5d ). Does this refer to mental, physical or general health ? Also , if you say you feel too

Anyone taking Envarsus after being on Adoport after liver transplant and had any side effects.

So in 2011 I started getting weird scabs on my face with stretchy plugs underneath once removed the spot would typically close and more would appear in or near the same area. I have read many posts about morgellons and auto immune diseases that could cause this but the problem for me was never identified

hello, today I got following tests, ast, alt, bilirubin, ggt, leuktocytes, hemoglobin and all were normal now . then I assume that my so-called symptoms are not due to decompensated liver cirrhosis.. or how were your blood tests at diagnosis/symptoms (fatigue, spider nevi)(?) ☀️☀️

I was diagnosed with a slight fatty liver a few years ago. I rarely drink alcohol. My hepatologist send me for an out of the blue Fivro-scan. My daughter came in with me and I was told my scores where very high which was a huge shock The kPa was 321 and was told 400 is max for liver transplant. The fatty

Hi. I’m posting for a friend in case anyone here has experienced something similar. She’s in her early 30s and healthy. her liver panel shows elevated numbers but she has no fatty liver, negative for any hep c/b, has done all liver related autoimmune tests and all are negative. Has been to a few centers

[u][i]albumin [/i][/u]- This is a protein made by the liver, the level of which is measured as a part of your liver function tests. The albumin plays 2 important parts: 1. It carries molecules in the blood that are not water soluable. When bound to albumin, the molecule becomes water

Hello I have recently been pregnant and I am now breastfeeding my third child. I used to drink too much alcohol but I don't anymore. For some time now I have had a rash, in the face mostly. is it a spider nevi? can't see a central point but small veins. am of course worried that my past sins may have

My partner has decompensated cirrhosis - and is currently in hospital with hyponatremia. He suffers from anxiety and finds it hard to eat - except for Ensure, which seems to be keeping him going. We hope his condition will stabilise soon though. He very much wants to go on holiday and I think that

I’ve been high anxiety googling why pale stool for a couple days now following bout of yellowish diarrhea. anyone had this symptom? going to quit alcohol for good (I’ve gone years at times other 10 months, others a few…) baffling why I put myself through this worry and multiple times now. After a few

hubby has ARLD he was on the transplant list but took himself off due to PTSD. He is not drunk alcohol for two years since he was first hospitalised with decompensated liver he has no acides or varies for the last 18 months. he has had HE the whole time and is treated for this. he was doing okay. He

Hi folks. I’m sending off a blood test next Monday for FT3, FT4, TSH, anti-Tg, anti-TPO and want to prepare properly for taking the bloods. I’ve taken in doing it before 9am, drink only water. But unsure about vits, I’m taking Fish Oil, magnesium, B Complex, D3+K. I also SI B12. I think I heard one

For those who have had both, could you let me know if one was "better" or "worse" than the other? I had my liver transplant Sept 22, and though initially recovering well, had a bout of CMV which went on for a long time, and over the last year struggling with poor kidney function, which is currently

OK, so I've decided to do a 10K race, and have my eye on a local one on 20 October 2024 (which is 1 day short of my first ever 5K Parkrun). I'm running 3 times a week (including a weekly Parkrun) and swimming twice weekly too. While the weather is not so "run friendly" - ie windy, dark and cold (I

I am a PwP and 56 years old. I'm a bit overwhelmed with all of the information, sometimes conflicting, out there regarding treatments and supplements. I am trying to determine what to try first. I am a predominantly tremor parkie. I exercise regularly & eat well. I take levadopa 25/100 4x a day.

does anyone know if Reiki works on liver disease , especially for cirrhosis which I’ve been diagnosed with 😩? I have read Reiki does but was hoping to get it clarified. Does Crohn’s affect the liver too?? Thank you all.

good morning, following on from my post a few weeks ago about my brother, a couple of weeks after I posted he was admitted into hospital again with fluid in the lungs, kept on critical care for a couple of weeks on a chest drain, It was decided by the doctors that the chest drain was serving no purpose

Hi ! My hwp (77) diagnosed 2017. But of course with hindsight symptoms manifested earlier. Started C/L last year : 25/100 @ 3 times a day. Azilect 1 mg once a day . Walking became a really serious problem a month ago. Partly because of ongoing "sciatica" but also freezing a few times a day. Two weeks

I recently posted that my Cardiologist had put me on Edoxoban 30mg daily, instead of Aspirin which I had been taking for years. He said the Edoxoban was both safer, and unlike Aspirin would prevent the risk of stroke. A day after starting Edoxoban, I either came down with a cold, or allergy symptoms