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What Causes Rib Cage Pain While Diagnosed With Alcoholic Fatty Liver?
Have been diagnosed with non alcoholic fatty liver and high cholestral last year prior to this ultra sound and blood tests I pulled a tree in the garden and felt like I d really damaged my ribs hence Ilya sound etc that identified liver problem it s a year now and still getting dull ache and twinges in rib cage and lower abs any thoughts ? Driving me mad with worry
Mon, 28 Sep 2015
ribcage pain is related to lungs pathology or costochondritis. fatty liver is cirrhosis of liver it is fatty infiltration of liver. from certain level it is irreversible. only way out is stop taking alcohol or any other drug etc which are hepatotoxic. avoid oily preparation and take protien and carbohydrate and start monitoring with regular liver fuctiontest.
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