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FAO SQAD - UPDATE
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Hi Sqad, quick update on OH - admitted to hospital friday, had another set of bloods taken plus xray. Bloods came back with abnormal lft level. Having scan this afternoon so will possibly know more tomorrow. Still very yellow, and has spells of discomfort with acid reflux. Still in good spirits though!
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Hi Yorkie - Commiserations to your wife - the uncertainty is probably the worst thing of all. As Sqad has probably already mentioned, jaundice and raised LFTs can have a range of causes, and it sounds like they are trying to identify exactly what is the cause of these symptoms in your OH.
Hepatitis E is a rare variant virus, particularly in the UK. Usual cause is through ingestion of contaminated food or water, poor sanitation, occasionally thought to be transmitted from animals. Due to its rarity, it is not a virus that most hospital pathology labs are equipped to screen for , hence sending the sample off. Transport of the sample, sample preparation, testing, confirmation and sending the results out can take some while I am afraid.
The good news is that if it is confirmed as Hepatitis E, then although there are no specific treatments for Hep E, it does tend to spontaneously resolve after a couple of weeks or so. As with any incidence of viral hepatitis however, there is a small risk of serious health complications resulting from damage to the Liver.
As far as transmission of Hep E is concerned, that I am aware of, I cannot recall any documented instance of person to person transmission, so I think it unlikely that family / friends would need to be tested, unless they were exhibiting similar clinical symptoms. Good luck, and sorry if the above was not more helpful......
Hepatitis E is a rare variant virus, particularly in the UK. Usual cause is through ingestion of contaminated food or water, poor sanitation, occasionally thought to be transmitted from animals. Due to its rarity, it is not a virus that most hospital pathology labs are equipped to screen for , hence sending the sample off. Transport of the sample, sample preparation, testing, confirmation and sending the results out can take some while I am afraid.
The good news is that if it is confirmed as Hepatitis E, then although there are no specific treatments for Hep E, it does tend to spontaneously resolve after a couple of weeks or so. As with any incidence of viral hepatitis however, there is a small risk of serious health complications resulting from damage to the Liver.
As far as transmission of Hep E is concerned, that I am aware of, I cannot recall any documented instance of person to person transmission, so I think it unlikely that family / friends would need to be tested, unless they were exhibiting similar clinical symptoms. Good luck, and sorry if the above was not more helpful......
Lazygun, fantastic reply - put my mind at rest. I just can't think of where she would have picked it up. The only thing I could think of was when we were in Cornwall near Bodmin) we were staying at a cottage where the water was supplied via a well and went through a powered filter. The power was disrupted on one particular day where it did rain quite heavily. Although I don't recall her having drunk any water from the tap, could that have transmitted the virus?
Latest update is that she has been on a vitamin k drip this morning and is now on a 'normal' fluid drip. She is still nil by mouth so I suppose there still might be a chance of the scan and biopsy going ahead later in the day. Her blood was not clotting properly and her blood sugar was low this morning which is obviously why it was originally postponed
Morning Sqad, Oh was on FFP, Vit K and 3 saline drips yesterday and when I looked at her chart she had a critical illness score of 2 - 1 for BP and 1 for Resps - BP was shown as 95/53 and has generally been around 115/60ish for the last couple of days. Hoping blood clotting today so she can have scan/biopsy later this morning.
Sqad, Just had OH on phone. Scan and biopsy been postponed until further notice but she'll be have an Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (try saying that when you're p!ssed!) on friday instead. They think there must be something else going on because she is so yellow. Now I am really getting p!ssed off - why the hell couldn't they have done this sooner? This means she'll be in hospital for another week minimum if not 2 - oh I am having a funking wonderful day today.
