Hypoglycemia in liver cirrhosis
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You should have another biopsy if you had stage 4 liver disease (cirrhosis) previously. If your hepatitis C was cured in time your liver can partially repair itself if the cirrhosis was not too advanced. If your had more advanced cirrhosis that liver can continue to get worse.
"I get very tired-very quickly, fall deeply asleep and then wake up with extreme indigestion and nausea after just a bit of sleep- say 45 minutes."
"Does this seem like Cirrhotic symptoms?
From my reading on the subject, in the later stages of cirrhosis, when the liver can no longer do its job, ammonia can build up in the brain which can cause mild cognitive impairment all the way up to complete disorientation.
I'm just wondering if her hallucinations could be caused by the cirrhosis. If it is, there is a simple treatment. They would give her lactulose which would get rid of the ammonia in her brain.
I am sorry to ask this question in the forum.Is it possible to reverse cirrhosis in early stages?I have heard a lot,If someone is going to stop the offending agents that caused liver damage we can reverse fibrosis and even cirrhosis .I know its difficult to reverse decompensated stages ,but someone with stage 1 compensated without portal hypertension is it possible to reverse .
I was told that I have cirrhosis by an Internist who was treating my hypoglycemia in Nov. of 09, and now these masses? The first test was only an ultrasound, the second was a C/T.
I am on SSI with only Medicare. My primary is a P.A. at a Rural Health Clinic. I have also fallen through the cracks.
Also, I found out myself, that my pH is LOW. Under 7 in fact. I almost suspect metobolic acidosis, or diabetic acidosis, but I (again) digress! Sorry.
My triglycerides are 318 which are usually in the 90-110 range. My eosinophils were low at 11. My liver levels were way up too. Alkaline Phosphatase was 190, AST 55 and ALT 118. Otherwise I have lower blood pressure eat a healthy diet and only have a glass or two of wine a few times a week. I do have a history of hypoglycemia and lactointolerant.
F0 = no fibrosis
F1 = portal fibrosis without septa
F2 = portal fibrosis with few septa
F3 = numerous septa without cirrhosis
F4 = cirrhosis
The activity, which is the amount of inflammation (specifically, the intensity of necro-inflammatory lesions), is graded on a 4-point scale from A0 to A3. The activity score indicates how much inflammation there is and is an indication of how quickly the liver disease is progressing.
Hep C is the number one cause of liver cirrhosis and liver transplantation in the US. having overtaken alcoholic caused cirrhosis some time ago.
I really can't speak to your problems about your pancreas, simply because I don't know have any experience with pancreatic problems.
Your doctor should explain these results to you in plain English that you can understand.
You really should be under the care of an experienced hepatolgoist at a transplant center.
Hope that helps you some.
my husband has cirrhosis of the liver. He won't return to the doctor since being diagnosed over 2 years ago. He drinks 2 ltrs of wine a day. He has a terrible body odor of ammonia and the bathroom has a constant ammonia odor I find terribly offensive. I feel I need to clean it all the time. I think I started this post just to ask if he would excrete ammonia in his urine if his levels were high; it's beginning to appear to me that this is the case.
Texas Liver Center in Houson, the Liver Institute at Methodist Dallas Medical Center in Dallas; and UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. The process can be a long one. It usually starts with finding a transplant hepatologist and making an appointment to be seen. The transplant hepatologist will review all of your husband's records, so have them sent ahead of time, and then examine him and meet with him. At that point, the transplant hepatologist will make recommendations.
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