Hello,
I hope someone can help, really worried sick here about my father in law. He's had a drink problem many years but has managed to function very well so very much hidden. Basically, he had to stop drinking 3 weeks ago through vommitting each night and he hasn't had an appetite for years. Since we saw him 6 weeks ago, he has lost an extreme amount of weight, he was already quite thin and now very gaunt. He's eating hardly anything and he has severe jaundice with very darkened skin and yellow eyes. Last night he was nauseous, had a slight temperature but was shivering. He seems okay today and is out and about but looks dreadful.
He's quite stubborn and reluctant to ask for help. We feel fairly confident he really has stopped drinking but who knows.
3 days ago, after 5 days of the jaundice he eventually went to docs who sent right to hospital for blood tests, scans etc. He went alone and came back being given Thiamine and to stop drinking (obviously!) and they said he has fluid on his liver and needs to see a nurse in go back in 3 weeks. They had said go back if gets temperature and he had one last night and hwo knows if he has today as he wouldnt tell us. He wouldnt go back in last night.
How worried should we be that he did get the temperature with shivering too? We feel worried sick about him.
I need to ask what experience people have of this. I've no idea if it's cirrhosis but imagine it is the most likely case? He has probably have the lesser symptoms for years such as low appetite etc but for months now has had itching, vomitting and now the jaundice and perhaps has other symptoms we wouldn't know about.
It's awful we have to leave tomorrow and we live hours away and just don't know how serious things really are right now. No idea if he stops drinking now, does this mean he will recover gradually or could he even be at the early stages of liver failure? We just need to have a better idea so we can help.
Thanks so much for listening.
I hope someone can help, really worried sick here about my father in law. He's had a drink problem many years but has managed to function very well so very much hidden. Basically, he had to stop drinking 3 weeks ago through vommitting each night and he hasn't had an appetite for years. Since we saw him 6 weeks ago, he has lost an extreme amount of weight, he was already quite thin and now very gaunt. He's eating hardly anything and he has severe jaundice with very darkened skin and yellow eyes. Last night he was nauseous, had a slight temperature but was shivering. He seems okay today and is out and about but looks dreadful.
He's quite stubborn and reluctant to ask for help. We feel fairly confident he really has stopped drinking but who knows.
3 days ago, after 5 days of the jaundice he eventually went to docs who sent right to hospital for blood tests, scans etc. He went alone and came back being given Thiamine and to stop drinking (obviously!) and they said he has fluid on his liver and needs to see a nurse in go back in 3 weeks. They had said go back if gets temperature and he had one last night and hwo knows if he has today as he wouldnt tell us. He wouldnt go back in last night.
How worried should we be that he did get the temperature with shivering too? We feel worried sick about him.
I need to ask what experience people have of this. I've no idea if it's cirrhosis but imagine it is the most likely case? He has probably have the lesser symptoms for years such as low appetite etc but for months now has had itching, vomitting and now the jaundice and perhaps has other symptoms we wouldn't know about.
It's awful we have to leave tomorrow and we live hours away and just don't know how serious things really are right now. No idea if he stops drinking now, does this mean he will recover gradually or could he even be at the early stages of liver failure? We just need to have a better idea so we can help.
Thanks so much for listening.
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