hello, I had an ERCP done about 3 weeks ago... liver enzymes where in the 1000s... I am 27 years... I then got pancreatitis lipase was in the 1000s also, i had a pancrease stent put in and it made my levels drop down... and I am still having diarreha and pain, I also woke up last night with left side facial and hand swelling... could this be related??
Hi thanks for asking question. If you have chronic or very severe liver disease then liver is affected, and it is unable to function properly. Liver cannot produce albumin which is necessary to maintain osmotic pressure in blood. So defective albumin production lead to decreased osmotic pressure and patient suffer edema. The effective blood volume decreased in cirrhosis, so compensatory increased ADH also lead to sodium and water retention to produce edema. In systemic vein pressure also increased. If edema increasing with ascites diuretic can be given. For pancreatitis symptomatic management done. Rest your Gastrointestinal tract with not taking solid food for few days. So yes this swelling can be because of liver problem. I hope I have solved your query.