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Is There Any Alternatives Of Liver Transplant?
Sir, My dad is having Chronic Liver Disease past 8 months. He is non-alcoholic. He is having jaundice (Bilirubin=4.5), Ascites, Spleenomegaly. He is taking the following tablets: Ursocol 150 (3times a day), Silbostin, Spiactone-T past 8 months. His condition has not improved. Doctor has said that Liver Transplantation is the only cure. Are there any alternatives? As we cannot afford for Liver transplant. Will ayurvedic treatment help?
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Sat, 19 Mar 2011
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Since his bilirubin is 4.5 and he is on ursocol and spironolactone is suspect he is a chronic liver disease patient with portal hypertension. Your doctor is right about him requiring a liver transplant. The treatment he is receiving now will only help fight the symptoms but not the pathology in itself
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