With Hepatitis Does The Abdominal Pain Stay With You Or Come And Go

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Hepatitis: Overview

What Is Hepatitis? Hepatitis means an inflammation, or swelling, of the liver. Viruses can cause hepatitis. Alcohol, drugs (including prescription medications), or poisons can also cause hepatitis. So can opportunistic infections such as Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC, see Fact Sheet 514 ) or Cytomegalovirus (CMV, see Fact Sheet 504 ). Hepatitis is a very common disease. It can affect people even if their immune systems are healthy....

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scary abdominal pain!! please HELP!!

hi drI have been feeling this strange pain in my right rib cage, particularly on the back ribs that lie on the right side and seem quite jaundiced at times. is this hepatitis??? Its been going on for a couple of months now along with some abdominal...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

Jaundice that comes and goes is very unusual. Please go to your physician for a thorough physical examination and evaluation. You also need to let him or her know that you have had multiple sex partners so you can get appropriate testing.Dr. McGovern... Read more »

lipodystrophy a cause of abdominal pain?

I have been experiencing pain right at the upper limit of the abdomen near the diaphragm for about a year. At first my doctor thought it could be enlarged liver since my enzymes were slightly high. But a scan disproved this theory. I even had a...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

It certainly seems that lipodystrophy, particularly central adiposity (fat in the abdomen) may explain your symptoms. Clearly persons with fat atrophy appear to be at greater risk for central fat accumulations (buffalo hump, central adiposity).As... Read more »

Hepatitis

Dear Barbara,I hope you will be fine well i want to ask you that two months back after taking my dinner i went to toilet but with my stool there was blood.Now i am having mild pain(not severe) on the right side about 1 inch below my ribs.Is it...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

You will need to discuss this further with your doctor. It is difficult for me to tell you where this blood may be coming from. You need further evaluation.... Read more »

abdominal pain

a friend of mine is on treat using( viramune and combiv)she keeps on having abdominal pains that never goes away.Her doctor did all the scans on her liver and the results showed that it was fine.could it be the effect of combivir or what myte be...

Response from David Wohl, M.D.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

There can be many causes of abdominal pain. If these pains started soon after the HIV medications began, I would be worried about this being treatment related - even if the tests are unrevealling.I would discuss with her doctor stopping the... Read more »

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HELP - Abdominal pain question

Posted by solost, 1 Reply

Hey everyone, the past 3 weeks has been hell on earth for me and I understand the next couple of months will be the same. I've done quite enough research on hiv but I just wanted to hear from the perspective of others. I am 23 years old and a... Read more »