Guest guest Posted August 24, 1999 Report Share Posted August 24, 1999 Hi , I'm not sure if portal inflammation is the same thing as periportal fibrosis, but that is what I have. I looked it up in my medical dictionary, and from what I gather it means " around the port " duh. I think what they are talking about is the hepatic ducts (where stuff goes in and out, and passes to other organs, and into the bloodstream). Like I say, I'm not sure but it sounds good anyway! I was just diagnosed with AIH, and my ANA is also 1:80. I'll be seeing a new GI soon, and hope to have more answers then. Take care, -AIH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 24, 1999 Report Share Posted August 24, 1999 the symptoms of the varices if severe are: Sudden drop in blood pressure, nausea and vomitting( blood will be bright red or the clolor of coffee) a pale appereance. shock. These I think are the bad symptoms. I had varices and all I had was the nausea and the occasional dark stools. I had my varices banded 7 months before transplant and I had 5 bands put on. I was fortunate, that mine were small bleeds. The varices are like varicose veins in the espophagus because there is a backflow of blood when it cannot go through the liver because of scarring or cirrhosis. Hope this helps. Lori C. AIH Liver Tx 3~11~97 Re: [ ] Portal Inflamation >>Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 09:39:35 -0700 (PDT) >>MIME-Version: 1.0 >>From errors-165537-5595-shireen42 Tue Aug 24 09:45:32 1999 >>Received: from [209.207.164.211] by hotmail.com (2.1) with ESMTP id >>MHotMailB98C172B00F4D82197DED1CFA4D322890; Tue Aug 24 09:45:32 1999 >>Received: (qmail 3297 invoked by alias); 24 Aug 1999 16:43:35 -0000 >>Received: (qmail 29256 invoked from network); 24 Aug 1999 16:39:21 -0000 >>Received: from unknown (HELO web122.mail.com) (205.180.60.57) by >>pop.onelist.com with SMTP; 24 Aug 1999 16:39:21 -0000 >>Message-ID: <19990824163935.29055.rocketmail@...> >>Received: from [204.240.140.6] by web122.mail.com; Tue, 24 Aug 1999 >>09:39:35 PDT >>Mailing-List: list onelist; contact >> -owneronelist >>Delivered-mailing list onelist >>Precedence: bulk >>List-Unsubscribe: <mailto: -unsubscribeONElist> >> >>From: Elena P <brit71@...> >> >>Hi , >>Thats what my biopsy said. No scarring, fibrosis, just >>mild inflammation in the portal tracts. Apparently, >>thats where inflammation starts with AIH. Mine was >>more specific saying that it was in the triads, which >>I guess is in the portal tracts. Anyone, correct me if >>im wrong. My ANA is 1:320 and smooth muscle 1:160 >>whats your smooth muscle and symptoms, if any? >>Elena >> >>--- <cartersq@...> wrote: >> > From: <cartersq@...> >> > >> > Hi all I am new and hope you can help me with a >> > question. I just got >> > results of a liver biopsy. It said I had portal >> > inflamation. The Dr. >> > will explain at my next visit. Can anyone shed some >> > light? >> > >> > Is this a symptom of autoimmune hep? I have a >> > positive ana of 1:80. >> > >> > I have been dealing with this for a year now. Any >> > information would be >> > helpful. >> > >> > >> > Thank you so much! >> > >> > >> > >> > --------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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