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My husband has cirrhosis of the liver, his symptoms at this time are, very tired, sleeps all the time, if walks to mail box is exhausted, jaundice to the point that the toxins are coming through his pores and leaving yellow residue on washclothes, swollen through the belly area, slurred speech to the point at times we have even thought they could be mini strokes, confussion to the point that he cannot tell where he was even at? Liver spots all over on the skin, rashes that won't go away for weeks. He has already had a triple heart bi-pass, galbladder removed, viens that cause internal bleeding had to be surgically stopped in the Esophagus/5 units of blood given. Blood amonia levels are 3+ times over normal, blood platlette count is 40 to 50. Doctors say nothing at all, they just call me with the blood results? Can anyone advise what stages we are at here.
He sounds like he need a liver transplant. If his doctors haven't talked to you about this, you need to change doctors.
Get him to a specialist, a heptalogist.
Why isn't he taking lactulose for encephalopathy?
This is a side condition from cirrhosis caused by high ammonia levels which cause mental confusion.
You husband sounds very sick.
I'm sorry all we can really do is suggest medical help.
Good luck,
OH
Get him to a specialist, a heptalogist.
Why isn't he taking lactulose for encephalopathy?
This is a side condition from cirrhosis caused by high ammonia levels which cause mental confusion.
You husband sounds very sick.
I'm sorry all we can really do is suggest medical help.
Good luck,
OH
From your description it appears your husband’s liver disease has progressed to ESLD (End Stage Liver disease). I assume he’s been evaluated for transplant?
No one in here is qualified to determine how ill he is beyond the obvious from your description. A ‘MELD’ score might offer a glimpse into morbidity/mortality rates; this score is derived from rather common lab values including INR, bilirubin and creatinine:
http://www.mayoclinic.org/meld/mayomodel6.html
Hopefully your husband is under the care of a qualified specialist; either a GI doc or hepatologist. He should be compliant with their orders including diet, meds and labs. Press his doctors for an appraisal of his condition and ask for a prognosis.
Good luck to you both,
--Bill
No one in here is qualified to determine how ill he is beyond the obvious from your description. A ‘MELD’ score might offer a glimpse into morbidity/mortality rates; this score is derived from rather common lab values including INR, bilirubin and creatinine:
http://www.mayoclinic.org/meld/mayomodel6.html
Hopefully your husband is under the care of a qualified specialist; either a GI doc or hepatologist. He should be compliant with their orders including diet, meds and labs. Press his doctors for an appraisal of his condition and ask for a prognosis.
Good luck to you both,
--Bill
Has your husband been evaluated for a liver transplant. I'm sorry to say that he is in endstage liver disease. It sounds harsh but his liver is failing. Have you asked if he would be a candidate for a transplant?
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