t smoke, do exercise, am thin). My doctor put me on a diuretic, Tekturna and Bystolic, and within a week I had completely lost my sense of taste! Anyone else experienced this? I'm wondering if it's a side effect that will wear off if I just stick it out. The combination seems to be working well to lower my bp and hr but I'm losing weight (a bad thing) and really, really miss food!
Hello, I'm not quite sure this is the best place for this question, but here it goes. Several months ago, almost 5, I started to develop pain and tingling in my left leg. On the outside, starting at the hip and going down to the kneecap. After a few visits to the doctor and different tests he's narrowed it down to either some nerve compression in the leg itself from some benign cysts that have been there since I was a kid or from a case of sciatica.
Tylenol is a great drug in moderation, and for brief periods of time.
Also, what a lot of people don't realize is JUST how many OTC meds (ie cold meds, etc) have acetaminophen in them. It is always good to read labels before taking an OTC med and stick to the daily maximums printed on the labels...they are there for a reason.
A few days of taking the max dose of tylenol in a normal average person really shouldn't present a problem.
In fact when I person has End-Stage Liver Disease (the final stage of liver disease), when a patients liver is beginning to fail, yogurt with live bacteria, can be helpful in relieving one of main complications that sometimes occurs. Hepatic Encephalopathy (HE). Which is caused by a build up of toxins in the GI track.
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t gotten any news except for the fact that the levels are 46,000 and my enzymes were slightly elevated. The doctor is sending me to a liver specialist and for some other testing. She said that they may not treat me???UM I like have a freaking disease that I would like to get rid of or at least try to! So instead of treating they just watch me until it gets worse?
Get treated now for your hepatitis C to prevent further damage to your liver. Hepatitis C can cause cirrhosis of the liver, liver failure and liver cancer. Most baby boomers have been infected for many decades and may have significant liver disease. Like hepatitis C infection, liver disease even early cirrhosis usually has no symptoms until it is advanced. Hepatitis C is curable in most people now with new treatments.
Hello, My mom was diagnosed with liver cirrhosis and has been in and out of the hospital 6yrs now..... at this stage fluid has built up in her belly and in one leg with blisters (she is in the hospital right now) they are giving her medication and anitbiotic to dry up the infection in the leg... but it is taking long to "dry up"... they are considering amputation...has anyone gone through this?
I have been on baraclude for almost 2 1/2 years and lastweek i had a could and after that i start having cheast pain and also i did have inregular heart beat and i went to er and thesaid that the heart was ok . I was reading and it look like same of the side effect's on the baraclude i have them .i talk to my nurse praction and she said that it's just nothing and should continue with the pill .
I just want the opinion of a doctor what do they think about my situation .
Specifically, David said he would include reference to his treatment on the web site so as not to give the impresion he avoided it at all costs. And second, he would make clear that liver enzyme levels and viral load are cannot predict liver damage. No where on his web site did he ever say that Milk Thistle would cure HCV, so that was a non-issue even though some who didn't visit his web site kept bringing the "cure" thing up.
All of the meds you are on are very common meds for treatment really. Most likely the ribavirin is what is keeping you up at night - unfortunately it's one of the problems we have.
While we should always try to take the minimum of meds because of our liver damage - you have to remember we live in a real world and we gotta do what we gotta do.
I was looking at a document on the web about Bartonella and saw something unfamiliar. It said that Bartonella Henselae and Bartonella Quintana can both cause peliosis of the liver. I'd never heard of peliosis.
I went to look it up and came across a document that showed a picture of a liver scan that looks just like mine did 18 months ago. I had a good sized mass that was diagnosed as a focal nodular hyperplasia along with white smudgy spots the radiologist thought was fatty infiltration.
Pain management is complicated and knowing the reason why your father is taking the meds he is prescribed as well as the long-term goals and effects seems like something you have a right to ask about.
Here are a few links:
http://www.eorthopod.com/content/pain-management-medications
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.
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