I HAVE BEEN HAVING SOME MAJOR HEALTH PROBLEMS LATLEY THAT HAD SOME VERY STRANGE SYMPTOMS. I HAVE BEEN THROWING UP YELLOW BILE AND WHEN IT COMES I HAVE NO WARNING AND IT SOMETIMES ALMOST CHOKES ME. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, IT HAS NOT BEEN EVERY DAY BUT WHEN IT DOES COME IT IS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. I ALSO HAVE BEEN HAVING LOWER BACK PAIN AND SOME RT SHOULDER PAIN (DIDN'T TELL DR THAT, DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS RELATED UNTIL I CAME TO THIS WEBSITE.

I AM A 50 YR OLD FEMALE WITH HEP.C, LUPUS WHO HAS RECENTLY IN THE LAST YR. SEEM TO BE HAVING FLARE UPS OF ALL SORTS. I HAVE GAINED ABOUT 60LBS FOR NO REASON, LAST FEW TIMES I HAVE HAD MY YEARLY CK UP WITH HEP C DR AND MY SPLEEN AND LIVER WERE SWOLLEN BUT NOT TO THE POINT OF CONCERN. IN THE LAST YR I HAVE HAD 3 TEETH PULLED BECAUSE OF THE HEP C I WAS TOLD AND MORE WILL PROBABLY COME LATER. I HAVE ALSO HAD ULCERS IN MY MOUTH TO WHERE I COULDN'T EAT. AND A BIOPSY WAS DONE AND I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH LICHENSUS PLANTUS(SP!) AND VERY BAD FATIGUE.

WHEN I WENT THIS PAST WEEK I WAS HAVING THE SYMPTOMS DESCRIBED IN THE 1ST PARAGRAPH. I HAVE HAD AN ABDOMINAL ULTRASOUND,UPPER GI AND SM BOWEL DONE IN ONE DAY. AND NOW I HAVE TO GO FOR A CAT SCAN AND BARRIE ENEMA. THE ULTRA SOUND SHOWED LIVER AND SPLEEN SWOLLEN, AND POSSIBLE(I THINK!) HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY. AND THE OTHER TEST SHOWED ?? BAD REFLUX THAT COMES ALL THE WAY BACK UP TO MY TROAT. AND SOMETHING ABOUT A TEAR I THINK IN THE ESOPHAGUS. THE DR SAID HE HAD NEVER HAD 2 ACUTE CASES IN ONE PATIENT THAT QUICK.I CAN'T WORK RT NOW.

I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO RESEARH THIS LONG "H" WORD AND I CANT SEEM TO PIN-POINT WHERE I NEED TO GO TO UDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THIS. RIGHT NOW I AM SCARED TO DEATH AND IT IS "FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN"

CAN ANY ONE HELP ME????????????????????????

THANK FOR ANY INFO

VERY CONFUSSED