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Drug induced hepatits?
by Ms_Makita, Mar 07, 2008 08:53PM
I been feeling tired lately,nausea,ruq pain,fever (gallbladder removed last yr) and flu like but no jaundice.I been steady on vicodins/darvocet/ibuprofan for 2 year's for chronic pain and undergoing laparscopy march 14th.My blood test few weeks ago showed high white blood cell count and abnormal liver function test and surgeon says possible liver inflammation from meds.I always feel sore and tender around liver area and get pain.Does this sound like hepatitis and does it lead to liver damage/failure? I'm scared!
Stephanie
Stephanie
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The symptoms you described are consistent with hepatitis.
As long as you monitor your condition with your doctors I think it should be okay. The liver is a very strong organ with very good ability to regenerate damaged liver cells with healthy ones.
Ask your doctor for more liver-friendly meds if possible.
Stephanie
Your story sounds similar to mine. About 10 years ago I was 6 feet tall 200 lbs. Then, within about 6 months I droped down to 148 lbs. I wasn’t dieting. I just didn’t feel like eating. My Dr. checked for diabetes and AIDS (both came back negative) and told me I had a high liver enzyme level but they chalked it up to the pain medication (Vicadin) and Tylenol I had been taking for a few month.
A year later and I had put the weight back on and like you, I had felt fatigued for a while and I thought it was because I was under a lot of stress at work.
A few month ago with a different Doctor, I went for a physical and they found out I had Hepatitis.
Hepatitis B is sexually transmitted. I apparently gave it to my wife and according to her blood work, her body fought it off. Mime however did not so now I have a chronic condition.
From what I have read, (others correct me if I’m wrong) 1 in 20 people in the United States will get Hepatitis B, but most people’s bodies will fight it off on their own and many will not know they even had it.
I’m really not trying to scare you, but your story just sounded so similar to mine and I would hate for you to worry when a simple blood test could rule this out. I would ask my PCP to run the test.
The symptoms you listed are not uncommon with hep b infection and the only way to know is having your blood work done.
You've had some of the best response from friends on this forum and i will ecourage you to get your blood checked.
hmmmm!
Stephanie
As to your earlier question, if it's drug induced hepatitis, you have little to be concern about. Once you remove the drugs from your system, you liver will likely bounce right back.
The chronic type of hepatitis is what gets us in trouble, where we sustain decades of damage and we can't get rid of the cause, like HepB and HepC virus.
And you can't transmit a drug induced hepatitis. It's not the hepatitis that is transmitted, but the virus itself. For thedrug induced type, you're not tlaking about a virus to begin with.
I hope you feel better. All the best okay :)