Re: Eye Pain Question - Kathy

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Beth

I can understand your frustration. I believe you are right to be

concerned. I wouldn't take it lightly either. Don't give up on

looking for answers. Here are 46 conditions with enlarged

liver/spleen that I found on a search:

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Conditions listing symptoms: Enlarged liver and spleen: The

following list of conditions have 'Enlarged liver and spleen' or

similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated

list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt

professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

A

Acromegaly ... enlarged spleen, enlarged liver

Autoimmune Hepatitis ... enlarged liver

Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome ... enlarged spleen,

enlarged liver

Autoimmune Thrombocytopenia ... enlarged spleen

B

Brucellosis ... enlarged spleen, enlarged liver

C

Chagas disease ... Hepatosplenomegaly

Chronic Granulomatous Disease ... enlarged spleen, enlarged liver

Chronic Hepatitis C ... Enlarged spleen, Enlarged liver

Cirrhosis of the liver ... Enlarged spleen, Enlarged liver

Classic galactosemia ... enlarged liver

Common Variable Immunodeficiency ... enlarged spleen

Congenital syphilis ... swollen liver, swollen spleen

Congenital Toxoplasmosis ... enlarged spleen, enlarged liver

Cystic Fibrosis ... enlarged spleen, enlarged liver

G

Gaucher Disease ... spleen enlargement, liver enlargement, liver

enlargement, liver enlargement

H

Hepatoma ... enlarged spleen

Hyper-IgM Syndrome ... enlarged spleen, enlarged liver

I

Infantile Refsum Disease ... hepatomegaly (enlargement of the liver)

L

Leishmaniasis ... enlarged spleen, enlarged liver

Leukemia ... Swollen liver, Swollen spleen

Liver abscess ... enlarged liver

Liver cancer ... enlarged liver

Lupus ... enlarged spleen

Lymphoma ... enlarged spleen, enlarged liver

M

Malaria ... Splenomegaly, Hepatomegaly

Mononucleosis ... enlarged spleen, enlarged liver

Mucopolysaccharidosis VII ... spleen enlargement, liver enlargement

N

Neonatal ALD ... hepatomegaly (enlarged liver)

Niemann-Pick disease ... spleen enlargement, liver enlargement

Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma ... enlarged spleen, enlarged liver

P

Polycythemia ... enlarged spleen, enlarged liver

Portal hypertension ... enlarged spleen

R

Relapsing fever ... enlarged spleen, enlarged liver

Reye's Syndrome ... enlarged liver

Right heart failure ... enlarged liver

S

Schistosomiasis ... enlarged liver, hepatosplenomegaly

Sickle Cell Anemia ... enlarged spleen, enlarged liver

Systemic Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis ... enlarged spleen

T

Thalassemia ... mild spleen enlargement, spleen enlargement, liver

enlargement

Thrombocytopenia ... enlarged spleen

Toxocariasis ... Enlarged spleen, Enlarged liver

Typhoid fever ... splenomegaly, enlarged liver

V

Vitamin A overdose ... enlarged spleen, enlarged liver

W

Weil's syndrome ... hepatomegaly

's Disease ... swollen liver, swollen spleen

Z

Zellweger Syndrome ... enlarged liver

Hemochromatosis ... enlarged liver

M

Malaria ... enlarged spleen, enlarged liver

P

Portal hypertension ... enlarged spleen

S

engine.

Obviously, your problem doesn't have to be any of these, but I

really think you need to stress to your doctor that you want

answers. Hepatitis, cirrhosis, mono, too much vitamin A---these are

some of the things that caught my eye, have they checked for these

also? I hope you get some answers soon, and feel better.

Hugs, kathy

> > Hi,

> >

> > The doctor said that he thinks that something is wrong with my

> gallbladder. He examined me and when he pushed on the liver area,

I

> had a severe dizzy spell. The room was spinning around like

crazy!

> Since my blood work checked out ok for the liver, he seems to

think

> that there is something wrong with the gallbladder. He gave me

> meclizine (spelling?) for the dizziness and wants me to go to an

> optometrist for an eye examine. He sent for my records from the

> other doctor so I have to call him back in 10 days. Then he will

> know what tests to do. This makes sense. I had a cat scan and

> ultrasound and the gallbladder couldn't be seen since the liver

was

> covering it.

> >

> > The really strange thing is that since I've gotten rid of the

> dizziness with the meclizine, my eye pain is gone.

> >

> > He said that it definitely is not related to my thyroid. The

> blood work is normal and he said that my thyroid feels very

small.

> I'm wondering if the nodules have shrunk since explant.

> >

> > Anyway, I feel like crap and have been in bed most of the day

> yesterday and today.

> >

> > Talk to ya all later!

> >

> >

> > Beth S.

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whole. " -

> Caras

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