RE: Bacterial cholangitis attack?

[Guest guest]

In my experience, it never got better. I know some people dose up with antibiotics when this happens. I just went to the ER.

Arne

57 - UC 1977 - PSC 2000

Alive and well in Minnesota

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....Anyhow, when he got home at around 4pm, he looked pale, felt nauseus and

fell asleep on the couch.

He said he was really cold and that the nausea was coming in waves then

going away. He had a couple of paracetemols then went to bed and he

was shivering and moaning until he fell asleep about half an hour later.

....Does this sound like a cholangitis attack or would he get worse before

getting better if that was the case?...

[Guest guest]

> ...

> He said he was really cold and that the nausea was coming in waves then

> going away. He had a couple of paracetemols then went to bed and he

> was shivering and moaning until he fell asleep about half an hour later.

> I just rang him at work and he seems better but has dosed up on

> paracetemol again and said he won't eat anything becasue he doesn't

> want anything to make him sick.

> Does this sound like a cholangitis attack ?

Kate,

It could very likely be a cholangitis attack. I would urge Brad to

report this incident to his doctor (since it seem to be over). Did you

get his temperature during it? That is something they would be

interested in knowing.

When I had my first cholangitis attacks they would present as a

malaise/fever/chills that lasted 12 to 18 hours and then I felt fine

(mostly). Only the same thing would be back 1 or 2 weeks later until I

finially saw my doctor and got some antibiotic treatment.

Hope Brad can get his attacks under control quickly.

Tim R

[Guest guest]

Hi Stevie

Did you ask for Tyler's blood tests from his last time in hospital?

It's always good for a reference point.

I had a cholangitis attack 14 months ago and was hospitalised. (I had

what I thought was heartburn for about 3 days before the shakes and

chills set in) I was in hospital for 6 days with IV antibiotics. My

LFT's were the same as previous tests in the first blood test, but by

the 3rd day of treatment they had dropped a bit (around 15%). CRP (C-

Reactive Protein) blood tests were taken - shoud be <5.0 the first

blood test was 9.1 then on the next 4 days were 117, 185.5, 179, 139 .

Best wishes

> The hepatologist said that typically PSC does not flare up and that

> cholangtitis attacks do not really happen. I gave the doctor an ear

full

> but he still did not seem overly concerned.