Antibiotics and liver disease
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His blood culture report showed the presence of a resistant bacteria high dosage of injectible antibiotics were given, but the fever persisted. Then a bile culture was done and that too showed the presence of another bacteria... another round of extremely heavy antibiotics were given. As of now the fever is not there but he is extremely weak and is barely eating. He says he is overfull. Before his bile culture he also had mild ascites, fluid in his abdominal cavity which was tapped.
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Was the antibiotic Bactrim by chance? A few antibiotics are quite horrible on the liver and, if it was already stressed from something else, it may have become inflamed and swollen (hepatitis) or may have briefly started to fail. Have you been checked for chronic Hepatitis C? It can be symptomless yet create all kinds of problems like thyroid problems, hypoglycemia, diabetes, and kidney problems. It can also affect memory and energy levels, as well as GI problems.
Husband has COPD and liver disease - it's quite advanced and, as he didn't heed the doctors and only cut down on drinking, he is not in line for transplant.
I dont think that having c.diff will effect your Hep C, as in: making it worse, but when you go to your Doctor, and he prescribes a medicine for you, always remind him that you have Hep C,and ask if the med is "liver friendly". Some antibiotics are more liver friendly than others, and other categories of medicines that goes for also.
Never assume the Doctor will remember everything about us, they see many patients per day, and better safe then sorry.
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A study presented found that fecal transplantation of bacteria from one healthy donor into patients that suffer from hepatic encephalopathy (decline in brain function due to severe liver disease), is safe and improves cognitive function compared with standard of care treatment for the condition.
from the bite. So Monday went to GP and he put me on antibiotics for 7 days as a precaution. I have not been tested for Lymes yet because he said you need to wait a couple of weeks before the blood test. Now my question is.....If I were to have Lymes Disease would this prevent treatment for Hep C? I will be seeing my liver specialist this Friday and was hoping to get into treatment ASAP if it was appropriate timing. I hope everyone has a great day!
The liver conditions are hemochromatosis, methotrexate- or amiodarone-induced hepatic injury, chronic hepatitis C virus infection, post-jejuno-ileal bypass and nonalcoholic and alcoholic fatty liver disease.
Other conditions like celiac disease, Hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism, Adrenal insufficiency and certain antibiotics use can increase the level marginally.
You need to consult gastroenterologist for assessment of SGPT levels. Take care and regards.
Look for lines within the label info that refer to liver or hepatic. If there is any knowledge that a drug can harm the liver it will be on the label. You can easily come across a line on some drug labels that warns about treating patients with "hepatic impairment" (means liver damage). That warning usually just refers to folks with liver damage requiring a lower dose for effective treatment and should not be of concern.
Fatty liver can be due to alcoholism when it is called Alcoholic fatty liver disease and the other one is Non alcoholic fatty liver disease, which is due to obesity, diabetes and high triglyceride levels. This can progress to cirrhosis of the liver and can be associated with hepatocellular carcinoma. So, prevention or cure is by avoiding alcohol and treating diabetes, obesity and high triglyceride levels.
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Offlate (period of 1 month) I have a feeling that my stomach is always full/ bloated up just after eating a very brief Indian meal (roti-1, rice- a small bowl, lentil, chicken curry), and often I dont get any urge for eating another meal in due course. About 4 weeks earlier I had a dysentery and was under antibiotics care (course ended 3 weeks earlier). The problem surfaced after that majorly, but was experiencing the same even before the disease.
They should also be looking for Celiac's (wheat allergy) and heart disease and other liver disease like liver cancer. I had 7 other tests done for cause of high enzymes when I was diagnosed with hepatitis, including iron to be sure liver was not storing it.
Plasma levels of aspartate and alanine aminotransferases (AST [SGOT] and ALT [SGPT]) are routinely measured to assess liver function.
Normally SGPT level is below 40 IU/L. SGPT and SGOT is marker of liver diseases or liver conditions. The liver conditions are hemochromatosis, methotrexate- or amiodarone-induced hepatic injury, chronic hepatitis C virus infection, post-jejuno-ileal bypass and nonalcoholic and alcoholic fatty liver disease.
She said it was due to hepatobilliary disease, which i think is liver and gallbladder disease. They started puting him on antibiotics called co-amoxiclav for about 2 weeks. He started feeling better, came from from the vet and stopped vomiting. Although he was still being forced fed using a syringe. After about 3 days, he started to vomit again and pooped gelo with blood.
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