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Suggest Treatment For Abdominal And Shoulder Pain While Suffering From Cirrhosis
I am suffering from all symptoms of cirrhosis. My condition has inproved drastically but my abdomen still give me the worst stomach cramps that I have to vomit. I just really want to know the after 2 and a half years and am still in uncontrollable pain, stemming from my feet to my knees to my to my abdomen, shoulders and throat. I have had 9 blood transfusions and more hospital stays than I care for. With all that should my body still be in such chronic pain!
Hi! Good morning. I am Dr Shareef answering your query. If I were your doctor, I would also assess your pancreatic function with serum amylase and lipase and a CT scan of the abdomen if need be. I would also advise you not to eat any food from outside if you do as intestinal infections could creep in from outside and give rise to such cramps and vomiting. If yours was an alcoholic cirrhosis, I hope you might have kept total abstinence from alcoholic beverages by now. As such due to the dietary restrictions in your condition, there could be electrolyte disturbances and low concentrations of micro nutrients in your body which might be responsible for your aches every where. So, you would be required to go for some multi vitamins on consultation with your doctor. Further management would depend on the reports of investigation and clinical assessment.
I hope this information would help you in discussing with your family physician/treating doctor in further management of your problem. Please do not hesitate to ask in case of any further doubts.
Thanks for choosing health care magic to clear doubts on your health problems. I wish you an early recovery. Dr Shareef
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Suggest Treatment For Abdominal And Shoulder Pain While Suffering From Cirrhosis
Hi! Good morning. I am Dr Shareef answering your query. If I were your doctor, I would also assess your pancreatic function with serum amylase and lipase and a CT scan of the abdomen if need be. I would also advise you not to eat any food from outside if you do as intestinal infections could creep in from outside and give rise to such cramps and vomiting. If yours was an alcoholic cirrhosis, I hope you might have kept total abstinence from alcoholic beverages by now. As such due to the dietary restrictions in your condition, there could be electrolyte disturbances and low concentrations of micro nutrients in your body which might be responsible for your aches every where. So, you would be required to go for some multi vitamins on consultation with your doctor. Further management would depend on the reports of investigation and clinical assessment. I hope this information would help you in discussing with your family physician/treating doctor in further management of your problem. Please do not hesitate to ask in case of any further doubts. Thanks for choosing health care magic to clear doubts on your health problems. I wish you an early recovery. Dr Shareef