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Why My Mother Is Yellow And Covered With Itchy Bumps?
My mom had a CT scan more than a week ago and it showed a mass near her common bile duct and that the duct is blocked. Endoscopic surgery was scheduled for last Thursday to put a stent in and to do a biopsy. The doctor canceled the day before and she is now scheduled for tomorrow. My mother has been yellow since last week and she is now covered in bumps and is itching like crazy. She is just trying to make it until the appointment tomorrow. I want her to go to the emergency room, which I believe she should have done last week. She is so yellow that she looks like an alien. She feels horrible. Should she continue to suffer or should she go to the emergency room right away?
Mon, 30 Jun 2014
According to me she should be hospitalised defiantly and the PTBD should be done with no delay . She is turning yellow coz the bile can't flow as the Chanel to the flow is getting obstructed with the mass . once the stent has been place the bile will secrete into the duodenum and her S.bilurubin total and direct in come no normal levels .
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