Could you be with a woman who is….?
Intelligent
Romantic
Funny
Open minded
Beautiful
Sweet
Loves animals
Loves children
Doesn’t drink
Doesn’t smoke
Honest
Hard working
Has heart Disease, mild liver disease, muscle disease, nerve disease
Cannot have a baby
A woman like this sounds worse than having your teeth pulled. At least she can’t have kids. I’m off the hook there.
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Cirrhosis/Liver disease life expectancy. Please help???
Does anyone kow the life expectancy of someone in the late stages of cirrhosis?
My mom is very ill, she is a chronic alcoholic. She stopped drinking last week, but was diagnosed with cirrhosis many years ago.
I need to know if anyone has been through this and knows what I can expect.
She is jaundice, and in the past week has had high levels of amonia in her blood, also, she vomits all the time, can barely keep anything down.
Today she is having her stomach drained again, this will make the 4th time, fluid builds up in her uppper stomanch area, and it makes it very uncomforatable for her. He legs also are very swollen today (ankles) she cannot walk she is so week. She went from wieighin 145 pounds to now about 98 in a matter of 3 months. I am afraid that it is too late. She has been admitted to the hospital so much that now the Hospitals now just say that the damage is done, they cannot help her. Last year she was in ICU – …….please give me any opinions you may have.
There are a few things that I know to give you
as information. (you might already know this) The best doctor to have for
a patient with cirrhosis is a Hepatologist.
She can be given medication to bind the ammonia in her blood to be eliminated from the
body which should help to clear her mind some. She could be placed on diuretics, like
Lasix and Spirolactone to help relieve the sodium content in her blood and also
remove some of the fluid and help keep it from
coming back so fast. If they take alot of fluid
from her abdomen, they might give her
albumin, a Protein. The fact that she did
not stop drinking alcohol, may mean she cannot
be placed on the transplant list for a donor
organ because they usually request that the
patient be free of alcohol for about six months.
With what you have stated that her condition is
now, it doesn’t look promising…but I would
not give up. The doctors look at many things
considering a patient: whether they have a
strong, well beating heart, whether they can
withstand a long surgery, whether they have
cirrhosis in one area of the liver or throughout,
whether they have love and support of family
and friends, and how much a person truly
wants to live,etc. Ascites( fluid in the abdominal
area) and Encephalopathy (memory, and mental
confusion problems caused by toxins) and
the fact that she drank clear up to a week ago..
means that the end is in site…..She may last
a long time this way or depending on what I
have stated above…it could be very short.
Each person’s body chemistry, diseases,
and conditions are unique and have to be
evaluated to see what may be in the future.
If you have an advanced directive with your
Mom signature on it, you may be able to
talk with her doctors and get her medical
records and have a second opinion and also
be able to answer for her since she might
not be able to answer for herself. There are
free forms on the internet according to your
state. It should be signed in front of two
witnesses, but a notary can stamp it and make
if valid. I hope this info is of some help to you.
It is sad that a daughter has to watch all this
happen to a mother they love…as long as
you are able to be there with her, she will
have peace in knowing that you really care.
You asked what you can expect. There are
a few things that may take place: her heart
may start to beat irregular. If you get her
blood work results, if the sodium and potassium
levels are either too high or too low, this
will cause an irregular beat and is an
emergency. If she starts to cough up blood and
not just vomit (it may look like coffee grounds,
or a darker color) this is also an emergency
cause she could be bleeding internally. If she
feel faint and goes into a coma…there may be
little chance she will come out of it without the
doctors help. What can you do? be there for
her so she doesn’t feel alone. Watch for
any of these signs above and keep a record
of how she is feeling day to day and let the
doctor know what exactly is happening with her.
Be with her at all her doctor appointments so
that you can be sure she is taking medication
right and doesn’t get so confused she puts
herself in more danger. She might not be
able to break the habit of alcohol especially
since she has been so sick, but knowing that
others understand and will try to help her in
anyway despite of this all, may give her the
strength she needs to try.
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can dogs detect autoimmune disease in humans?
I have Wegern’s Granulomatosis, a rare, life-threatening, un-curable form of vascular disease, its also considered an autoimmune disease. Its treated with cytotoxic agents such as Cytoxan and/or Methotrexate and Prednisone
No they can’t, They can only detect diseases in which your body chemistry mainly your secreations are changed. This is because they can be trained to pickup minor difference in your secreation.
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