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Board: Liver & Pancreas Disorders 04-09-2013, 09:32 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 306
Posted By BillinSD
Re: worried about cirrhosis, liver cancer.

Hi LC, elevated ferritin can be a marker of inflammation, infection and yes cancer as it is an acute phase reactant, but it can also simply mean excess dietary iron is being absorbed as ferritin is...
Board: Liver & Pancreas Disorders 01-21-2013, 06:35 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 258
Posted By BillinSD
Re: Liver Biopsy - really necessary???

To biopsy or not to biopsy is an interesting question...

There's no real therapeutic value, and there always is a very real risk (however small) of complications. Doctors like to document...
Board: Liver & Pancreas Disorders 01-19-2013, 09:05 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 251
Posted By BillinSD
Re: liver biopsy

I haven't had the procedure, but my wife had a cardiac cath which is similar.

It's always possible to have some trouble with bleeding at the biopsy site or where the catheter is introduced, but...
Board: Liver & Pancreas Disorders 12-17-2012, 05:54 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 699
Posted By BillinSD
Re: Elevated Liver Enzymes again............

Omega 3 supplements are popular these days, but they do oxidize very easily in the liver and can cause inflammation when they do.

Vitamin-E is the body's best tool to fight lipid peroxidation,...
Board: Liver & Pancreas Disorders 12-10-2012, 06:36 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 498
Posted By BillinSD
Re: Do I really have a serious liver disease?

Hello Normann, and welcome to HealthBoards.

It would be unusual to develop clinical cirrhosis with 3 years of heavy drinking, though not impossible. A biopsy is the only way to tell for sure,...
Board: Liver & Pancreas Disorders 12-02-2012, 12:34 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 517
Posted By BillinSD
Re: Normal LFt Normal Ultrasound still concerned+have symptoms

Hello alcoholico and welcome!

I'm not a doctor, but I am a former drinker... 34 years of beers before I got into trouble.

Most experts say permanent fibrosis/cirrhosis is quite rare in those...
Board: Liver & Pancreas Disorders 11-25-2012, 09:51 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 745
Posted By BillinSD
Re: Pain in right upper quadrant

Hi Alvis1 & welcome to HB.

Doctors love to tell their patients with upper right quadrant abdominal pain "the liver has no nerves that can register pain", but go to any hepatitis C or cirrhosis...
Board: Liver & Pancreas Disorders 10-28-2012, 10:18 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 674
Posted By BillinSD
Re: Undiagnosed - what would you do?

Hi Minx65. I'm not a doctor, but I do have A couple of thoughts on your post...

Gallbladder issues tend to be episodic, and come and go as stones briefly obstruct bile flow. Large stones can...
Board: Liver & Pancreas Disorders 10-22-2012, 08:16 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,731
Posted By BillinSD
Re: Pain in upper right side under rib

Pain after eating (especially fatty foods) can indicate gall bladder issues, and if you're a known "stone former" this may be an additional clue.

An ultrasound should have shown any large stones...
Board: Liver & Pancreas Disorders 10-04-2012, 07:41 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 706
Posted By BillinSD
Re: Pancreatitis?:/

"Amylase" and "lipase" are the blood tests your doctor should be doing for pancreatitis... Liver enzymes (ALT/AST) would be wise to look at also. The left lobe of your liver actually spreads half...
Board: Liver & Pancreas Disorders 10-04-2012, 07:18 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,459
Posted By BillinSD
Re: fatty liver level of damaged by AST/ALT

Liver enzymes are a very good indicator of how inflamed the liver currently is due to recent injury or disease processes going on, but high enzymes do not indicate how much damage has been done in...
Board: Liver & Pancreas Disorders 08-06-2012, 06:55 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 586
Posted By BillinSD
Re: New and questions

I'm not a doctor, but I've had many of your symptoms and believe they are related to an unhappy liver.

A couple of things that helped me... Livers Love Lecithin (phosphatidylcholine) and eggs...
Board: Liver & Pancreas Disorders 07-25-2012, 06:01 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,533
Posted By BillinSD
Re: more risky to drink after reversal of fatty liver

When you go back for your follow-up studies you would do well to have your FERRITIN (stored iron) level checked, as well as your ALT/AST liver enzymes. Ferritin is a cheap and easy blood test and...
Board: Liver & Pancreas Disorders 07-13-2012, 08:58 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 522
Posted By BillinSD
Re: Drug Test Abroad

The GGT liver enzyme test is a good marker for alcohol abuse in the short term, but after 30 days of no or very low alcohol use it usually has returned to normal.

AST liver enzyme is also a good...
Board: Liver & Pancreas Disorders 07-13-2012, 06:24 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 998
Posted By BillinSD
Re: Lab Interpretation

When a single blood lab snapshot has a couple of values that are off by relatively minor amounts, doctors don't usually sweat the small stuff unless there are symptoms or other clinical signs that...
Board: Liver & Pancreas Disorders 06-19-2012, 05:16 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 796
Posted By BillinSD
Re: pancreatitis questions

I'm not a doctor, but I've been studying up on the relationships between excess iron and copper and lipid peroxidation, which often affects the liver and pancreas. When I saw you had other posts, I...
Board: Liver & Pancreas Disorders 06-14-2012, 06:23 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 4,132
Posted By BillinSD
Re: Fatty Liver & A Daily 6 Pack.........

Well, it seems you've discovered one way of lowering iron I never considered.

Mind how you go with those iron pills and remember to get off them once you get banded.

Interesting thought... ...
Board: Liver & Pancreas Disorders 06-01-2012, 07:53 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 739
Posted By BillinSD
Re: Looking for advice

Hi Joey, I'm not a doctor, but I have a few words of wisdom for you...

You should get your liver enzymes checked at your prescribing doctors office/lab at least twice a year. This is the best...
Board: Liver & Pancreas Disorders 02-09-2012, 08:46 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,198
Posted By BillinSD
Re: Please Evaluate my Labs... opinions please

I'm 55 (and still alive!)

With regard to the abdominal veins... I always thought the "caput medusae" was part of the end of the road as far as cirrhosis goes. If you google the photos of it,...
Board: Liver & Pancreas Disorders 02-09-2012, 07:57 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,198
Posted By BillinSD
Re: Please Evaluate my Labs... opinions please

From what I have learned about liver disease, cirrhosis is a point where existing liver disease (fatty liver, NASH, alcoholic fibrosis) takes on a life of its own and will progress even when whatever...
Board: Liver & Pancreas Disorders 02-09-2012, 07:40 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 21,031
Posted By BillinSD
Re: Liver palms Red blotchy hands signs of chirosiss.

The value of looking at red palms and spider veins as an early warning of liver disease is that it convinces a lot of people to stop drinking before they develop cirrhosis...

If you've been...
Board: Liver & Pancreas Disorders 02-06-2012, 05:09 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,311
Posted By BillinSD
Re: Servere Liverpain

The liver is supposed to produce nearly a quart of bile per day and the movement of this bile helps keep your ducts clear. If you're not producing enough bile, it can become thick and muddy and...
Board: Liver & Pancreas Disorders 01-18-2012, 09:05 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 21,031
Posted By BillinSD
Re: Liver palms Red blotchy hands signs of chirosiss.

Hi M/J... A little something to take your mind off your red palms...

How 'bout looking for some other signs of alcoholic liver disease?

"Paper Money Skin" normally shows up on your face or...
Board: Liver & Pancreas Disorders 12-30-2011, 07:47 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 5,151
Posted By BillinSD
Re: ALT 44 and slight pain in upper right abdomen & under right rib cage

Fatty Liver is epidemic now days, and from what I've read on the subject, the reason is the switch in the (fast) food industry from saturated fats and oils to polyunsaturated fats and oils...
Board: Liver & Pancreas Disorders 12-06-2011, 07:16 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 31,526
Posted By BillinSD
Re: Twitching feeling on right side below rib cage

Hi Sunset5000 and welcome to the board...

Don't know if this helps, but I've had this same sensation in the past myself.

Tincture of time seemed to work for me. It just went away after a...
Board: Liver & Pancreas Disorders 12-04-2011, 09:49 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,060
Posted By BillinSD
Re: Elevated AST

Good news, and not so bad news... The AST elevation is a mild one indeed as liver enzymes often go well into the hundreds when your liver is truly unhappy. No hepatitis or excess alcohol, and...
Board: Liver & Pancreas Disorders 11-04-2011, 07:53 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 7,074
Posted By BillinSD
Re: Is my liver damaged from Vicodin and alcohol?

Have yourself a good weekend... I'm confident your doctor was right and you haven't done any serious damage. Your enzymes may show high in your test, but it's possible to spike high enzymes for a...
Board: Liver & Pancreas Disorders 09-29-2011, 05:34 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,019
Posted By BillinSD
Re: Liver problem

Hi Malik... The doctor who ordered the tests is the best expert to ask about what the results mean for you. It sounds like you may have seen him after the ultrasound, but have not had the results...
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