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What Causes Enlarged Liver After Viral Infection?

Dear doctor,my son had viral infection since last tuesday.he had high fever.he is 1yr and 9 month and he weighs 12kg.the first doc gave us an antibiotic-clavodar....he had loose motion for two days..then we consulted another doc...he said to stop the antibiotic...instead he said to take blood test and a nasal xray.his eosinophyll count was 338..and he has slight problem of adrenoid....he presc..aerius-2.5 at night only and nasal spray and ophtamesone drops...he looks tired and inactive...i have been using these med..since 3 days...he yawns at times today i took him for a follow up asasked by the doc..and i told him that he feels tired..he checked his abdomen and said his liver has enlarged..but he told me that children have this after a viral attack....he said to stop aerius and continue with the nasal drops for the next few days....i felt tensed hearing this and moreover i am going to india on monday........what should i do doctor...pls do help me
Thu, 28 Jan 2016
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pts with viral infection can have mild hepatomegaly with altered liver enzymes which is usually self limiting unless not complicated by jaundice. but basic LFT should be done to Evaluate for any cause.
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What Causes Enlarged Liver After Viral Infection?

pts with viral infection can have mild hepatomegaly with altered liver enzymes which is usually self limiting unless not complicated by jaundice. but basic LFT should be done to Evaluate for any cause.