Hello, My name is Veronica, and my son whom is only 12 was just recentely dx with Autoimmune Hepatitis, We only found this out with him having chronic pain in his right side, fevers of 103.3, and numerous other things. When he was admitted to All Children's Hosp. in St. Pete. Florida, he was bascially in liver failure, his liver and his spleen were enlarged due to extensive inflammation. Once they basically ruled out everything else, the were left with only one thing, the AIH, The last step to dx AIH is a liver Biopsy, so your doctor should have done one of these, this tells, them basically the extent of the damage, and the stage you are in whether Acute, or Chronic. My son is in the Chronic stage, with severe fibrosis, but no chirrohis thank god above. His specialist, which is a GI doctor, put him on Predisone (steriod) for inflammation and Immune suppresant, and Imuran which is strictly a immune suppresant. Since this his has had little pain, and his liver and spleen are back to their normal size, I know this is something, he'll never get rid of, and this diease basically makes you on meds, for many, many, years. And even if by a good chance he can get his liver enzyn. to normal and be off meds, theres a very high chance that it will return shortly after. So this is a very long going process. My only answer is to make sure you have the right doctor, you need either a GI doctor, or a hepatoligists. They specialize in this. Good luck to you and I hope you find the answers you need and deserve. Veronica
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