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What Concentration Of Ammonia Is Considered Lethal For A Person With Liver Cirrhosis?

I AM TRYING TO FIND SOME SORT OF INFO ON AMMONIA LEVELS WIEN A PERSON HAS HEP C/CIRROSIS OF THE LIVER. THE HEP C HAS BEEN TREATED,AND IS NOW GONE. BUT WE DON T KNOW WHAT HIS AMMONIA LEVELS SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT BE. AND I SEEM TO BE HAVING A PROBLEM FINDING OUT WHAT IT MEANS, AND WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING FOR IT. TY FOR ANY INFO YOU CAN HELP WITH BTHIS MATTER.
Mon, 9 May 2016
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Hi thanks for contacting HCM...

Noted you had hepatitis c and it is resolved.
But confirm your negative hepatitis c report with ELISA or molecular methods.....

In chronic liver affection by chronic hepatitis or cirrhosis there can be chance for development of encephalopathy ....
Serum ammonia estimation useful for it....
If ammonia high encephalopathy suspected and treated with lactulose or neomycin....

If you have negative hepatitis c then no need for worry.....

The sign and symptom of encephalopathy are sleep disturbance, tremors , ataxia etc..

Hope your concern solved.

Take care.

Dr.Parth
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What Concentration Of Ammonia Is Considered Lethal For A Person With Liver Cirrhosis?

Hi thanks for contacting HCM... Noted you had hepatitis c and it is resolved. But confirm your negative hepatitis c report with ELISA or molecular methods..... In chronic liver affection by chronic hepatitis or cirrhosis there can be chance for development of encephalopathy .... Serum ammonia estimation useful for it.... If ammonia high encephalopathy suspected and treated with lactulose or neomycin.... If you have negative hepatitis c then no need for worry..... The sign and symptom of encephalopathy are sleep disturbance, tremors , ataxia etc.. Hope your concern solved. Take care. Dr.Parth