Guest guest Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Nicola, I read your message on Gilbert's. My mother was recently diagnosed and I was wondering what type of things did you do to help yourself. She is always tired but I had her thyroid numbers checked and her T3 was at the top of the range and her TSH was .7 and I don't think he took a T4 so I'm not sure what is causing all her problems. I was positive she had a thyroid problem Jin > I have Gilberts Syndrome! It is diagnosed by > elevated serum bilirubin with otherwise normal LFTs. It is > apparently a genetic shortage of an enzyme which breaks down > bilirubin in the glucoronidation process of the phase 2 liver > pathway. Because the bilirubin is not being broken down as fast as > it should, it leads to a build-up of bilirubin in the blood, and can > cause sufferers to look jaundiced, with yellow skin and eyes. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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