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Suggest Remedy For Chills, Profuse Sweating And Fever In An Elderly Person
My husband is 52 years old and has been in the hospital 4 times in 120 days. His symptoms are chills, profuse sweating, rigors, no fever. He always has an elevated white blood cell level along with a high lactic acid level and smooth cell antibody level. No one can figure out what is wrong with him
Tue, 27 Oct 2015
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I have carefully worked through your case, and can well realize your health worries. Being your physician, I want to assure, I will take care all of your medical concerns according to the latest medical guidelines.
It shows some subclinical infection (I suspect in his case a liver disease). Increased WBC counts are mostly seen in infections. Chills and profuse sweating may be sue to fluid and electrolyte imbalances, glucose levels derangements in blood, or again due to subclinical infections.
He has high lactic acid levels (lactic acid levels more than 5 mmol/L and pH LESS THAN 7.35). It is called lactic acidosis and is seen in excessive exercise or in liver disease, vitamin B deficiency, or in some cancers.
Autoimmune hepatitis is one of the major causes for raised smooth muscle antibody (SMA)-also called as Actin antibody.
I have seen a large number of patients with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis-a disease of the biliary tree of the liver, in which every 2nd patient gets raised SMA.
Hepatitis C and some cancers also come up with a raised SMA.
What is SMA? It is an autoantibody-meaning the body has started fighting against its own normal tissues.
Consult a physician for complete diagnostics tests of the liver and biliary system and a CT/MRI study of the body to rule out any tumor in the body. Ultrasound guided Liver biopsy, liver function tests and screening for autoimmune hepatitis is needed.
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DR. MUHAMMAD HANIF
USA
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I have carefully worked through your case, and can well realize your health worries. Being your physician, I want to assure, I will take care all of your medical concerns according to the latest medical guidelines.
It shows some subclinical infection (I suspect in his case a liver disease). Increased WBC counts are mostly seen in infections. Chills and profuse sweating may be sue to fluid and electrolyte imbalances, glucose levels derangements in blood, or again due to subclinical infections.
He has high lactic acid levels (lactic acid levels more than 5 mmol/L and pH LESS THAN 7.35). It is called lactic acidosis and is seen in excessive exercise or in liver disease, vitamin B deficiency, or in some cancers.
Autoimmune hepatitis is one of the major causes for raised smooth muscle antibody (SMA)-also called as Actin antibody.
I have seen a large number of patients with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis-a disease of the biliary tree of the liver, in which every 2nd patient gets raised SMA.
Hepatitis C and some cancers also come up with a raised SMA.
What is SMA? It is an autoantibody-meaning the body has started fighting against its own normal tissues.
Consult a physician for complete diagnostics tests of the liver and biliary system and a CT/MRI study of the body to rule out any tumor in the body. Ultrasound guided Liver biopsy, liver function tests and screening for autoimmune hepatitis is needed.
Hope I answered all of your questions. Please click on 'I Find This Answer Helpful' and don't forget to add your precious positive feedback to help me able to assist you better in future too.
For any disease you have, a timely follow-up regarding the treatment efficacy and to see if there is any need to change the treatment options is very necessary. So keep a follow up to see how you doing. Remember to write down my name in the start of your question next time, & I will be with you right away. I am available 24/7 for providing you expert medical opinion on any health issue. Have a blessed time ahead.
Regards!
DR. MUHAMMAD HANIF
USA
FOR DIRECT QUESTIONS: http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/Funnel?page=askDoctorDirectly&docId=70199
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