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What Causes Persistent Diarrhea?
71 yo wf....Diarrhea for 2 weeks now...at day 5 routine chemistry drawn...shows elevated LFTs,,more specifically, ALP 432, AST= 91 and ALT 81....all other labs normal. Did receive the flu vaccine. medications include...hormone replacement, and thyroid med, and excedrin
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Mon, 12 Dec 2016
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Hello,
According your history the most probably cause of diarrhea and elevated LFT I think are the medications that you use. So, you need to specify the names of medication and to meet a gastroenterologist to clarify the situation. So, you should do abdominal echo and some lab examination (culture of stool, HBsAg, anti HCV, GamaGT), to exclude other pathology.
I hope my answer help you. Let me know if I can assist you further. I wish you quick recovery.
Regards,
Dr. Monika Dede
According your history the most probably cause of diarrhea and elevated LFT I think are the medications that you use. So, you need to specify the names of medication and to meet a gastroenterologist to clarify the situation. So, you should do abdominal echo and some lab examination (culture of stool, HBsAg, anti HCV, GamaGT), to exclude other pathology.
I hope my answer help you. Let me know if I can assist you further. I wish you quick recovery.
Regards,
Dr. Monika Dede
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