I have a high ast and alt? is normal in woman to have liver damage and not feel it but then it progresses to your liver? I have a burning feeling on both left and right sides when I drink! I know I need to stop drinking any advice?
Thank you, I am just scared!!!! you have all been helpful and I appreciate the feedback! I hope that by continuing on the right path I can flush this out!! I have been a drinker for years and was in the Navy!! learn how to drink and serve your country! Yeah, well anyways I go for my next blood test in Aug I pray it comes out all right! My Liver counts are high but I never experienced any pain. YET!! just nausea and at first lack of desire to eat! I am now 44 and I hope it is not to late for me! But the recent burning feeling in my middle back as the one person said on the sides scares me! Good luck to all of you and I guess that I am not alone!!! Thank you
Thanks I am not rich or famous!!! I wish!!! Then I could afford rehab but detox scared me and I don't want to go through that again! I hope your right and that is all that it is! thanks for your input!
I am right there with you!!! I have been through detox, relapsed and it was bad! Good luck to you!! It is not easy when you have been drinking for so long!
Talk about anxiety! Yes I have severe anxiety and at first if I did not have a beer in my hand I was out of my mind!!! I have learned to cope a little bit! Good luck I know the feeling of anxiety and drinking.
thanks for all your help! I don't feel so alone in this fight! I am new to this and scared! I have a high liver count and go back next month for tests, Been through detox did not only for a few days and due to withdrawls and anxiety failed! Good luck to all of you! I have slowed down but not quit. I hope it is not to late for any of us!
Thank you I wish it was easy to stop!!!!! I never wanted to face the fact that this was a disease! But it truly is, I have been through Detox and no luck. It lasted a few days but I gave in! I know I need help but I too am self pay and have not got the insurance to back me. I am a fighter and I hope to do this! I am scared and for the first time in my life I know I need help! I served in the military and fought for our country so I know I can fight this too, Thanks for your feed back!
good luck to you and I feel your pain! I am right there with you! Well when it comes to the pains in my back. I have been a heavy drinker for a long time! my test results are not to good stop now before it is to late and good luck It also sounds like you have some anxiety that you need to overcome. you will probably face that devil when you try to quit Good Luck!!! You are like me you turn to the drink to sooth or cope. you may need a anti-depressant. I was in the Navy and served and I drink to forget or to get away from the drama if I face it. Good luck to you and I hope you can fight it and it is not easy. Trust me I know. but don't or try not to let it take over! easier said than done. Good Luck
Hi , all, I've just had a weekend of binge drinking and I also have lower pain in the right side of my back.I've been binge drinking for 30 years, this pain has really frightened me, I think it's time I grew up and face the fact I drink to much. My family mean the world to me and I hope that I haven't left it to late for my liver and kidney' s to recover, I need to put my health in order and be a better family man, no good to my family dead. Good luck to everyone trying to stop drinking :)
Hi if there was any conserne they would av picked it up on ur bloods right away stop worrying believe me bin there . Not a nice place to be stop the drink and eat right Ull c the change x
I too have this problem when I have a drink. I do notice if I drink lots of water it is better. I have had my gallbladder remove, appendix in my younger years before I had any symptoms like this and a kidney stone last time when I had all this pain when I drank. but this time around I'm told I have no kidney stones and everything looks fine. It hurts bad - starts in the right side of my lower back then ends right under my rib cage. It's tender to touch and hurts so much that it sometimes takes my breath away.
my bloods came back as normal but im getting tingly pains in my lower back
Bladder infection . CBC tests will show elevated red and white blood cells = infection. OR.... Hydronephrosis of kidney(s), could be congenital. Also, Possible "chronic bladder pain." Rare though in men. Don't think so....
*See urologist or nephrologist .*
*See urologist or nephrologist .*
Thank you so much
i have had pain on both 'flanks' after boozing consistently. i went to a bunch of ny doctors and had responses similar to others ... blood test ok, no gall stones. i did have a latent kidney stone on one side, however, so the doctor prescribed potassium citrate to dissolve the uric-acid stone (diff from calcium stones... uric acid stones show up from dehydration, ie, boozing). anyway, i've found that if i take the potassium religiously, about 4g/day, for a couple days, even while i continue boozing, the pain goes away. this does NOT mean the liver damage is diminished, but it does seem to help the pain. I've also noticed that the pain is related to bowel action. if i can have a couple cups of coffee to get things moving, the pain is immediately reduced. so, there are two real world suggestions. if we all kill our livers, we're screwed anyway, but these two things seem to reduce the pain along the way.