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Brogin Posts: 11
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Hello, I am a 26 year old male and have had a pretty long history with drug abuse, but turned to heavy alcohol drinking about 5 years ago. I would drink 20oz or more of hard liquor 3-4 times a week. About a year ago I went in for an unrelated check up and had elevated liver enzymes and an enlarged liver, the doctors assured me that it was merely fatty liver and that it is not a serious condition. Fast forward to december of last year and I begin to get pains in my upper right abdomen after heavy drinking. I stop for 2 weeks, the pain subsided and stupidly I continued drinking. This cycle went on for another 5 months until I finally got the sense to quit. I was feeling like I was getting better but then 3 weeks after I stopped I got some pretty serious pain in my liver and nausea, along with the sort of drugged, foggy mental state, I also started having some serious insomnia at this point. This filled me with intense fear and so I began researching cirrhosis and fibrosis on the internet and come upon hepatic encephalopathy. I went to the doctor and got blood tests and an ultrasound. The results came back yesterday and all the blood tests were normal and the ultrasound says 'mild diffuse increased echogenicity of the liver which probably reflects fatty infiltration or other diffuse hepatocellular process.' I told the doctor about my foggy mental state, but she assured me that my liver did not have the kind of damage that would lead the hepatic encephalopathy. I am very scared and don't know what to think, I haven't been sleeping much at all and my doctor and family are trying to reassure me by saying that it's just stress and being tired. Someone please help me. |
