I have cirrhosis of liver - I don t drink anymore and have not for 6 years - my doctor s office called at closing time and asked me to come in and redo blood tests because Bilrubin level is at 3.0 - it has only ever been up to 2.4 4-years ago / 2.2 9-months ago and I had an ultrasound done then - it showed gall stones - could the gall stones be blocking a duct ??? I just started taking phentermine 37.5 per day Monday to lose some weight - I have taken them before - have not had much sleep - body is stressed from 1500 calorie a day diet Current weight 182 - goal - 175 age: 49
Hello dear.I understand your problem. Being a patient of cirrhosis along with gall stone you will have raised bilirubin.to differentiate between these two look at report of liver function test. Stone in Common bile duct causes raised direct component of bilirubin along with raised alkaline phosphatase enzyme. Another mean is ultrasound study, which shows stone in bile duct or dilated bile duct and intrahepatic biliary reticles.