staging fibrosis with serum tests?
Do you use the any of the new serum based blood
tests to stage
liver disease/fibrosis in HIV... that I would really like to see happen is to get a baseline serum
test at the same time as a
liver biopsy and track both after two....D. staging fibrosis with serum
tests? There is a little more data in HIV/HCV coinfected patients...crap
result HCV-RNA-Viral
what stage of
liver disease of this result 1,228,847 IU/ml HCV-RNA-Viral Load (real time PCR) Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C. result HCV-RNA-Viral That is a low to average HCV viral load. This single
test cannot determine the stage or extent of
liver damage from HCV infection.crap
Methotrexate and liver function?
I was told to stop taking methotrexate after five months because of a "bad"
liver function reading. I don't drink alcohol at all. Is it likely that the cessation of methotrexate is a temporary thing or does one poor blood
test result result in a permenant avoidance? I think the Meth...crap
Risk of liver biopsy as routine test
normal blood
tests and medical imaging results?Thanks Barbara McGovern, M.D. Risk of
liver biopsy as routine
test Liver biopsy can be associated with a complication, but the risk is extremely low. The risk... Dr McGovern,I have a question regarding
liver biopsy. My understanding is that
liver biopsy...crap
liver cancer without cirrhosis...
Good morning I know it s unhappily possible to have
liver cancer without cirrhosis in Hep B but can we know how often it happens ?? thank you And is it happening in a normal
liver or only in only in
livers already with little problems Barbara McGovern, M.D.
liver cancer without cirrhosis... In untreated patients...crap
I want to have a baby.
In 1992 I had an auto accident and my
liver blow up and was very little chance of surviving. The Dr. did very good in reconstruct my
liver. I had blood transfucion and recovered well... me that I have the risk of getting Cirrhosis or
cancer. The Doctor did not recomended a viopsy becuase of what happen...crap
Hep B treatment
Dear Ms McGovern,My mother has recently died from
liver cancer (at the age of 54yr.... Is there any treatment available for people who have developed
liver cancer from hep b (she was diagnosed at the age...?I recently turned 21yr and my blood
test results have shown that there is some damage to my
liver...crap
significance of HCV RNA QUAN Lab Result
Hi, my father passed 10/20/10 from End Stage
Liver Disease. This prompted me to request
test... here? I am 48 with no symptoms which I understand is typical...
Liver Enzymes are all within normal... you have been infected or the extent of
liver involvement or damaage. You need to consult with a
liver speacialist....crap
What is AFP Tumor Marker 50.6?
Does this mean that there is
cancer in the
liver? Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C. What is AFP Tumor Marker 50.6? Possibly. You don't indicate why this
test was obtained, whether you have a viral hepatitis infection, among other possible medical conditions. But additional
tests would needcrap
Vitamin E for Your Fatty Liver
With all the ways that we have now to treat fatty
liver disease I don't understand....
Now we have yet another tool in our arsenal against fatty
liver disease. It's a strange one. Not strange as in being unfamiliar, but rather strange as being surprising.
The new tool that may reverse fatty
liver disease is vitamin E.
Years ago...crap