Hi
8 days since I had my last drink. Can anyone tell me any liver damage symptoms they had and their diagnosis? Has anyone had symptoms and they have healed?
I get discomfort/dull pain intermittently in my upper right quadrant, also the left. I feel some burning patches that come and go in a couple of different places in my abdomen.
I have resigned myself to the fact there is permanent damage, I suppose I'm just trying to figure out how bad it is as I have children. I have been trying to get a GP appointment to get bloods taken but the phone is constantly engaged and when I eventually get through there aren't any left. Will obviously keep trying every morning but are you able to get them done privately?
How long do results take to come back? (I've had them done before but I can't remember!)
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Liver damage symptoms - help
Dandelions18 · 18/04/2023 17:36
alco · 18/04/2023 22:24
Water, rest, good food and a vitamin B complex. Not a cure as such but certainly will not hurt. I can't remember what they were but my liver function test results were high before I paid for a private scan and had a little bit of fatty liver. Which is now reversed.
Keep calling the GP that's the only thing that will tell.
The liver will forgive a lot, but not everything and not forever.
Dandelions18 · 19/04/2023 16:40
Thank you. What were you drinking/how long for?
alco · 18/04/2023 22:24
Water, rest, good food and a vitamin B complex. Not a cure as such but certainly will not hurt. I can't remember what they were but my liver function test results were high before I paid for a private scan and had a little bit of fatty liver. Which is now reversed.
Keep calling the GP that's the only thing that will tell.
The liver will forgive a lot, but not everything and not forever.
alco · 20/04/2023 14:31
That's good you have the bloods booked and the ultrasound. That should let you know what's going on.
It's good you've had breaks here and there. You'd be surprised how quickly your liver can start to heal itself. Obviously to a point. But and I am NO EXPERT OR MEDICAL PERSON. But I'd say you'd have to be drinking the 2 bottles of wine nightly for quite a few years before any long term damage.
There is no miracle detox/ clear/ what ever you want to call it drug. Well there is, it's water. That is the only thing that will help your liver clear itself.
These gave me some peace of mind before - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Family-Health-Screening-Kidney-Urinary/dp/B00HQEYFA4/ref=asc_df_B00HQEYFA4/?amp%3BlinkCode=df0&%3Bhvadid=309889597107&%3Bhvnetw=g&%3Bhvrand=7728198066624584801&%3Bhvdev=c&%3Bhvlocphy=20487&%3Bhvtargid=pla-698553592241&%3Bpsc=1&tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21
But are not a substitute for going to the GP and getting proper bloods
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