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What Is The Remedy For Chronic Pancreatitis And Hypertension?
My husband has chronic pancreatitis, hypertension, and chronically high liver enzymes. He has been asleep for about six days now and I don t know why. He wakes up about one to two hours a day and that s it. Supposedly the Drs. can not do anything for him and it s ridiculous!
Wed, 30 Apr 2014
Dear patient,
Thanks for the query. Really sounds like advanced hepatic encephalopathy from end stage liver disease; if this is the cause there are some medications such as lactulose and rifaximin that can help. Ask the providers about those.
Hope this helps, wish you the best,
Dr Brenes-Salazar MD
Mayo Clinic MN
Depertment of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases
Thanks for the query. Really sounds like advanced hepatic encephalopathy from end stage liver disease; if this is the cause there are some medications such as lactulose and rifaximin that can help. Ask the providers about those.
Hope this helps, wish you the best,
Dr Brenes-Salazar MD
Mayo Clinic MN
Depertment of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases
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