Re: pregnancy & elevated AFP w/RUQ pain

[Guest guest]

HI ,

I think I read somewhere that pregnancy and gallstones

can sometimes go hand in hand for some women.

Look into that.

Don't think liver cancer which is what I thought I

had after my first gallstone attack and I was 28.

Stop taking tylenol if you can help it, all drugs are

manufactured or filtered by your liver.

tylenol is just a strain it doesn't need.

I'm surprised that pregnant women can even take

tylenol.

Wow!!!

Can you have an ultrasound done to see if you have

gallstones or sludge?

--- amandamariebaker <amandamariebaker@...>

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> Hello everyone,

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> I'm new and need some advice. I hope someone here

> has some insight

> they can share.

> I am 5 months pregnant and have been taking tylenol

> 3 for an

> unrelated condition. This med has been very

> constipating for me and

> I worry it has been masking my RUQ (right upper

> quadrant) pain.

> I've had the RUQ pain for at least a couple of

> months but, thought

> nothing of it - just dismissed it as constipation or

> digestive

> issues associated with pregnancy or the meds.

> Well, my first blood screen for birth defects came

> back about 6

> weeks ago with slightly elevated AFP (alpha

> fetoprotein). This test

> has a high rate of false positive so, I just

> dismissed it the first

> time. My ultrasound indicated all was normal with

> the baby. Well,

> they re-ran the blood screen and it came back with

> elevated AFP

> again - this time the doc says it was slightly

> higher (not sure of

> the exact reading).

> Sure enough, now I realize that the pain in my right

> side is not

> indigestion or constipation - I'm guessing it's

> definitely my liver

> or gall bladder. Everything I find on the internet

> says that

> elevated AFP indicates liver cancer. I have

> searched high and low

> for SOMETHING that says elevated AFP can be

> indicative of gallstones

> or something else more common (and less fatal).

> I'd like to know if anyone here has heard of

> slightly elevated AFP

> levels not associated with liver cancer but, with

> some other liver

> condition? Also, if my AFP was WAY high, wouldn't

> my doctors have

> freaked out? So, I'm assuming it was only a little

> high...

> Any advice or thoughts? Thanks much...

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