The 1.0 urobilinogen was the same time as the january test. the urobilinogen wasnt taken in september. I really appreciate you taking the time to respond, thanks so much bblbt! :)...
If sludgey liver is to blame, how does one go about fixing that? healthy diet is already in place, no starvation diets happening, tho this was the case before even as recently as last year....
Thanks for the reply, really. :)...
So what is likely to cause these rises, proportions? I see that if direct is raised then its a blockage, then if indirect is raised only then its something like gilberts but they seem to follow the...
Thanks :) What I'm confused about with my sisters results is the way they increase hand in hand. Ok,,,, lets say somethings blocking.... then would ONLY the direct rise? or indirect ALSO rises?...
What sort of proportion do people have of direct and indirect bilirubins? like is it typical for indirect to be higher always ? what sort of percentage of direct bilirubin of the total is typical of...
thanks ill check...
Blockage wise. I heard of a friend of a friend who had major pains and apparently had a stone *inside* the liver.... not the gall bladder... is this possible or was my friend confused. Wondering if...
It happened after eating a (very healthy) lunch and then she fell asleep watching TV for an hour. She's going to do the same thing today to see if the same thing happens....
US was fine. but that was back a few months ago. She's going for some more blood tests soon, then an appointment with a hep doc...
(I saw her in the same natural indirect sunlight each time)...
My sister seems to have more or less a maintained level of jaundice, however she fell sleep this afternoon and on waking she called me into the room and with my own eyes clearly saw how much yellower...
BUN / Crea ratio dropped from 19 to 9 in a few months. What does this mean? Doctor said there's nothing to it, but ..... ?...
hijack! ;) INR related thing - my sister had 1.21 with a lab range of 1.2. Is this a warning that it's tipping into danger zone or as that it's ever so slightly out of normal range it's nothing to...
sister is going for hep panel, more LFTs and also the HIDA scan and Coombs test this week....
Then how is diagnosis made? Ultrasound was normal, fibro test was 0-1, 2 docs have said it's Gilberts or"something similar" and another said it's likely just ibs!!!!! We don't believe them .......
I don't know what to think. Normal liver results.... bilirubin towards top end of normal but everything else is fine. but liver symptoms: mild jaundice, lighter stool, sometimes itching and tingling,...
She was kinda stressed out before it started about a credit card bill and I'm wondering whether there might be a psychological aspect to it??? Though it seems that it happens when she's totally...
What about dry mouth generally? She's cut out fat completely the past couple of days and got a bad bout of it through the night along with dry hands.... please, any response is appreciated. What do...
My sister has complained of having a dry mouth It seems to show up a couple of hours after a fatty meal. He stool also gets lighter after eating more fat. Is the dry mouth thing normal? I see some...
any other input guys? Much appreciated :)...
she looks very well, generally. but she tells me her torso can get sore under right ribs.... like after she had a few day of eating a lot of fatty food on holiday and smoking cigarettes (she promises...
first of all thanks very much for the replies. In response to questions.... enzymes were raised a little (around 50-60) a while ago and have been normal since (24/29) alk 54 dehydtated lact or...
She's 30 by the way... had a mild episode of much milder jaundice in the past which seemed to go away but she was a drinker for a few years after that...
I'm worried about my sister. She's always drank quite heavily, but nothing out of control. She's also got some history of drug use (nothing injected) and recently was taking some meds for other...