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Health anxiety and liver function test please help

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behappy1736 · 30/11/2022 21:28

I have health anxiety that I'm getting help with but recently I've been getting a random on and off sharp pain under my right rib. I googled and worried I have some sort of liver damage.
I recently had a full blood test and it came back clear including the liver function test which was normal:
I've attached the results below.
I enjoy a couple of bottles of wine on a weekend and I'm now worried I've done damage to my liver.
Can anyone tell me if I had damaged my liver due to alcohol ie fatty liver/hepatitis/cirrhosis when I was younger social drinking etc, and having 2/3 bottles of wine a week would my liver function test be normal like it is? I'm so scared.

Health anxiety and liver function test please help
OP posts:
behappy1736 · 01/12/2022 12:11

Anyone?

OP posts:
DarkAndDusty · 01/12/2022 13:00

Did your GP go through your blood results with you? I'm sure they would flag if there were any issues.

Allthecatsandcosyblankets · 01/12/2022 13:00

All your results seem to be within the normal range for now OP.

You might want to consider giving up alcohol completely and see how you feel. I used to suffer the most intense, life destroying health anxiety for years (constantly convinced I had a brain tumor, cancer, Ms, parkinsons etc) i was diagnosing myself through google and was at the lowest i have ever been and began using alcohol to self medicate each night (it started at just weekends,, then every other night then each night) I never got drunk and usually only had a few glasses of wine to help me sleep but I knew it wasn't right. Mt anxiety grew worse and worse and so I thought I needed alcohol to relax me which in turn just made the anxiety worse again and so on and on it went.

Then u decided enough was enough and i gave up completely and hear me when I tell that giving up alcohol CURED and I mean cured my anxiety, my mental health improved more and more each day and I'm now 2 years sober and anxiety is gone, yes i still get worried about things from time to time but my brain can now rationalize and i can handle life so amazingly now. I no longer self diagnose as it just doesnt cross my mind amymore. I also began praying and that together with sobriety saved my sanity and I wasn't drinking more than a few glasses each night. Good luck OP

SomeoneFireKwaziiKitten · 01/12/2022 13:03

Your blood results are all well within normal. Your liver is fine. It could be digestive or intercostal pain. It may be as simple as a slightly torn muscle.

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