Re: ERCP

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Thanks for that.Helps tremendously. When the blood test results are

close to normal, does it mean that the PSC is giving up ? Does

normal tests mean we are in remission ? OR is it that the bile

ducts/liver can keep acting up inspite of good blood tests ?

Am asking because hubby has been diagnosed very recently. He was

diagnosed with UC approx 5-6 yrs ago and his liver tests then

weren't good.We were then told that it simply must be becoz of

UC.Then the liver tests got much better and then worse again and so

on and so forth.No tests were done as it kept getting better. This

time he presented with severe jaundice, itching. fever, tiredness,

drowsiness, etc and the blood tests are absolutely ROTTON.

ALP is 1069 and so on and so forth. Ultrasound done, MRI done and

PSC diagnosed. Noone knows but I keep wondering whether this means

he has had PSC since the 1st bad blood test or the last...

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> There are some risks in all intrusive medical procedures. ERCP is

a save

> procedure, I had three in the last year. It is a somewhat

uncomfortable

> procedure, your throat hurts afterwards, there are possibilities of

> infections (I never had a problem with that, but I read here that

some

> people did). I would say that the risks are minimal compared to the

> possitive results an ERCP can have. The doctors can improve their

> understanding of the strictures in your husbands bile ducts, they

can place

> stents if necessary, they can cut tissue, the can do a

sphincterectomy if

> necessary, they can use a balloon to open the bile ducts and thus

reduce

> symptoms. I am probably forgetting a few more options. Since my

last ERCP I

> am totally symptom free and my blood test results are close to

normal. This

> does not mean of course that this will happen to your husband as

well, that

> depends entirely on his stage of PSC, but it is possible to

improve your

> husbands condition with an ERCP and to improve the understanding

of the

> strictures. My experience with ERCP is a possitive one.

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> an ERCP

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> How dangerous is ERCP ?

> Hubby it is very sick and doc says we need an urgent ERCP...

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