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He has had most of the complications in the last year, bleeding varices that were banded last fall, he still drinks, he sleeps most of the time, he has ascites and edema which the Dr. just put him on a diuretic to see if that will reduce the fluid. He has had bouts of Hepatic Encephalopathy also, but no signs of that now. He is a severe alcoholic, 56 years old and cannot/won’t quit drinking, although he does go for some days now without alcohol because he is too sick to drink. He is not a candidate for a transplant, so don’t mention that to me. I would like to know what the dying process consists of with cirrhosis and if the kidneys always fail first. I want specific days or weeks or months of his likely survival please from someone who may have gone through this. Do they all go into a coma before they die? Since he just started the diuretic Hydrochlorithiazide we don’t know if it will relieve the fluid buildup or not, but the Dr. did not recommend paracentesis for him.

Mumtaz Ali Cheema, dob: 2.3.48 (Ex Lord Mayor Faisalabad Pakistan )

Transplant for HCV cirrhosis + HCC (2 lesions 2.5 cm and 3 cm in the right lobe, and 0.7 cm in the left lobe) 26.8.05
Re-transplant 8.9.05 for hepatic arterial thrombosis, portal vein thrombosis and recurrent hepatitis C in the graft
Trial of anti-viral therapy 2.10.05 P egylated Interferon 180 µg of Pegasys (Pegylated Interferon alpha 2a ) on 2nd October.
T-Tube removed in jan 2006 in China .
In the second week of jan 2006 he had a biopsy in Willington hospital London , which shows that he has a chronic ductopenic rejection due to interferon therapy.
Unfortunately his condition did not improve and he underwent his 3rd transplant on 28th Feb 06 in China .
This time we had to do ROUX.EN Y LOOP anastomosis. And also put a stent inside.
His HCV RNA is negative before and after retransplant uptill today.
CMV infection or any other infection is negative post transplant presently.

He is looking well, taking:
Tacrolimus 0.5mg once a day, 250 mg Cellcept twise a day., and ursoflask.

Before the third operation he got the hernia under the wound so during the opration they put a patch under the abdominal wall.now the patch is removed long ago but hernia is reoccuring.,his liver fuction tests shows normal but only his alkalain phospate and gamma GT were constant on high levels.,pls advise advise me if he take alcohol what are the side effects.,
kind regards
nadeem khan

I have not been well since January. I had an Ultrasound then and it read that I had a fatty liver. To make a long story short, I had a CT with and without contrast done (for kidneys-I have kidney stones) and I ended up having my gallbladder taken out a couple of weeks ago due to large gallstones. Well, I have a copy of my report from the CT scan and it was compared to a previous CT and it read that I have diffuss fatty liver change. What does this mean ? Should I be concerned ? Is this the beginning of Cirrhosis ? Is this something that can end up killing me ? What should I expect next as far as testing is concerned ? I do not drink alcohol nor am I obese. I am going back in four weeks to see my Primary care physician and just wanted some input about this prior to that appointment. Thank you.

my boyfriend is an alcoholic he is 25 and has been one since 15. he recently was in a alcohol program (sober house) for 6 months and was going to the doctors regularly. the doctor was running tests and told him he could possibly have cirrhosis of the liver and was shocked when my boyfriend told him that he hadnt had a drink in a year and a half and said that it looked like he was still drinking til this day.. it really scared him and he never went back. Needless to say hes been drinking since he left the program 6 months ago everyday, what could happen to him if he really has this? can he just drop dead? how long can his drinking and surviving last if he really has cirrhosis of the liver?

A family member of mine has cirrhosis of the liver due to no fault of her own (never being an alcohol drinker, I mean). She is in the hospital now and the doctors say she most likely won’t last another couple of days. She has been in the hospital this time for almost 2 weeks and for the last 5 days now, the doctors will not give her anything to eat or drink. She is in and out of consciousness and when she wakes up, she mumbles that she is hungry. All the doctors will do is take a swab of water and wipe the inside of her mouth with it. They say that they need to keep her dehydrated so that when she starts to pass away, it will be less painful for her. And she can’t eat anything because they’re scared she could choke on it or it could end up in her lungs. They say that dying from this disease is a horrible way to die and they are trying to make it a little easier on her. I just don’t understand how they can say that starving her for 5 days is making anything any easier on her. The poor woman wakes up from her “sleep” and the first thing she says is that she’s hungry and they give her another shot and she goes back to sleep. This just doesn’t seem right to me. If anyone knows someone who has gone through this or is a doctor that knows anything on this I would greatly appreciate it.

Last tuesday my father started taking indomethacin for a day or two because the aleve he was taking didn’t help the pain he was experiencing from a bad episode of gout.

last friday my father went to the er because he was light-headed and his left arm was numb. so went to the er after waiting for hours to be seen they ran several tests and determined everything is good except something funny with his liver. they said it is inflamed. but the papers said it was cirrhosis. they said to go to the doctor within 4 days and check everything out.

his doctor of many years read his medical history and seemed confident that it is not cirrhosis. he believes his liver was inflamed because of my fathers long time alcohol habits along with him taking aleve and indomethacin for his gout. he said to come back in 8 weeks to allow everything to get out of his system so he can run some new tests.

I want to believe our family doctor because the ER took hours before I was helped, then I’d sit in the room for long periods of time and wait for someone to come back. I’m terribly nervous and not sure what to think. My mom is going to make him an appointment for a second opinion with a liver specialist tomorrow.

he has stopped taking the indomethacin and aleve. also he has stopped all consumption of alcohol. he is only taking now cold & flu medicine for he developed a fever last night and has had symptons of a cold today.

so my question is it possible for your liver to become inflamed by a combonation of certain medicines?

Thank so much for your time.

I’m doing a project on the liver (organ) and I need to know about 2 other things that you can do to harm it. For example, The abuse of alcohol shuts down your liver, causing a chronic liver disease called cirrhosis (which is caused by alcoholism, hepatitis b, hepatitis c and fatty liver disease).

What are 2 other things you can to do harm your liver and what can that lead to?

My uncle was admitted into the hospital in 2004 and was diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver due to alcohol. My mom told me that we are lucky that he lived, the doctors were telling my family to be prepared for the worse. He was very skinny and had jaundice, I could barely recognize him. He was eventually well enough to be released from the hospital and went to rehab, which he has now been out of for a while. At the time, I was young and didn’t really understand what was going on, but now I’m nervous. I have heard many different things about how long those diagnosed with this condition will live but have always been somewhat confused. Over the past couple years, it seems his mental stability has deteriorated. I’ve done some research and it seems like he has encephalopathy, always acting like he is drunk and he’s very forgetful. His sleeping patterns are very off as well. Overall, I feel as if his health is slowly getting worse. I am positive he hasn’t had a liver transplant.
What’s going on?
Can someone tell what stage of cirrhosis he had based on the information?
Also, does anyone know the typical life expectancy of a person with this specific stage of the condition? I’m very nervous and no one has really told me a lot about the disease.
Any help is appreciated.Thank you!

What are the sequence of steps in damage to the liver (from lowest level of damage to highest level) caused by chronic over-consumption of alcohol?
A) fibrosis, gout and cirrhosis
B) fibrosis, cirrhosis, and fat depletion of fat stores in the liver
C) Fat accumulation (fatty liver), fibrosis, and cirrhosis
D) Fatty liver, cirrhosis, fibrosis