GASTROENTEROLOGY / DIGESTIVE DISORDERS EXPERT FORUM
NEWBORN WITH LIVER PROBLEMS

NEWBORN WITH LIVER PROBLEMS


  MY 2 MONTH OLD NIECE HAS SOME PROBLEMS.
  FIRST, SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH GLAUCOMA AND HAS HAD SEVERAL SURGERIES SO FAR.
  ALSO, SHE BEGAN TO GET MORE JAUNDICED, AND THEY DID SOME TESTS, ULTRASOUND,E TC., AND FOUND HER ENZYMES OT BE HIGH, AND THE LIVER TO BE SWOLLEN, NO GALL BLADDER AT ALL, AND THE PANCREAS IS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF TEH BODY.
  THEY ARE THINKING THAT SHE MAY HAVE:
  BILIARYATRESIA?
  THEY LIVE IN WISCONSIN.
  ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WHERE TO GO FOR A SECOND OPINION, AND WHAT ELSE MIGHT BE WRONG THAT THEY COULD TEST FOR/
  THEY HAVE PUT HER ONA TRANSPLANT LIST FOR HER LIVER.
  THAT IS ABOUT ALL WE KNOW.
  SAMANTHA
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Dear Samantha,
The questions that you ask are best answered by pediatricians and pediatric gastroenterologists.  I suggest that you repost your question on the Maternal- Child forum where it will be answered by the appropriate physicians
Best of luck.





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