Chronic Active Hepatitis

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I want to know what in the world is chronic active hepatits and what does it mean to someone who is suffering from it. Is it really dangerous? What are some of the best and possible treatments? I have looked it up but didn’t really get the kind of information I wanted. Do you know anybody who’s diagnosed with CAH? :teary1:

Please help!

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The best thing would be to consult a doctor. If I am not wrong, you are in Pakistan now a days. It's much better to access and talk to a doctor than in US. No appointments needed, just go see a doctor and find out more about it.

Did you try www.webmd.com ?

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Re: I have cancer!

Goodness gracious! It’s not for me. A couple of days ago, my fiance went to the doctor for some tests and he was diagnosed with chronic active hepatitis. I am quiet upset rightnow, because I just found out this morning about the horrible fact. :teary2:

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Re: I have cancer!

Thanks for the website Shikra. It has a lot of info. on hepatitis, but I don’t know which one it is associated with CAH, A,B, or C? … :konfused:

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Re: I have cancer!

http://scc.uchicago.edu/hepatitis.htm

This site states that:

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Re: Chronic Active Hepatitis

Thanks Maddy. Do you think a liver transplant would be a necessary treatment for someone who has liver cirrhosis? It's just another fancy word for CAH.

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Well, they have A B and C. And when I meant “go to the doctor”, that didn’t mean YOU :smack: Since you are the one who asked the question, ‘go to the doctor’ applied to whoever needs to. Or even you can go and ask for information, afterall, it’s just info, you are not gonna be getting diagnosed or something :halo:

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Dimaghu im not sure if a liver transplant will be necessary, depends on how badly the liver has been damaged. You say he was diagnosed two years ago, im sure he has been getting treatment for whats causing the cirrhosis.

Symptoms to watch out for, that signify latter stages of liver cirrhosis:

  • Becoming jaundiced, usually yellowing of the whites of the eye or scalp.
  • Darkening of skin.
  • Bruising easily, or reoccurring nose bleeds.
  • Ascites, where the body retains fluid so the person bloats up, usually concentrated around the the abdmomen and legs.

A transplant may only be considered, if the liver has fully been damaged whereby drugs may no longer take effect. Plus in someone so young, a liver transplant will be renderred as the very last option.

Maybe get him to see a specialist, inshaAllah with the correct treatment hell be fine.

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^ he’s got them all. :bummer: He has a very bad cough too and it’s been like that for a while now. One thing that kills me is that he’s very careless :grumpy: .. he tends to put it off like it’s no big deal and on top of that he hides things from me, which pisses me off. :crying: …

I am not considering a transplant right now, but definitely after a few years. I’ve heard that it’s almost uncurable, that’s one reason why I would like him to get a transplant.