Gilbert's syndrom with high prolactin levels Posted: 06-08-08 22:13pm
okay, I am a soldier in the Army and was
med evaced from Iraq with pain in upper
right quadrant and high bilirubin levels
(3.2), nausea, and prior Enterectomy,
Gastrectomy Colocycestomy. Since returning
from Iraq with my unit I have had several
bouts of turning yellow and pain in upper
right quadrant. But my symptoms have
gotten worse and can be set off by spices,
fasting and now my cycle. Well I have been
having ringing in my ears, muscle twitches
in face arms, and legs, trouble
maintaining body temp (hot and cold) and
stumbling over my words and forgetting a
lot, always being tired to the point that
I sleep during Physical training hours,
lunch and before dinner, then usually 1000
pm until the next morning. I do have
trouble sleeping more than a few hours at
a time. The last symptom has actually been
going on for 6 years (lactating) I was
told that it is normal, so I never went
back to ask how long was normal until this
last visit with my Dr. Oh and my eye sight
went wacko in Iraq, one eye is twice as
week as the other and I have a lot of
trouble with lights while driving at
night.
I recently had my fasting labs done and
here were the inconsistencies: TBILI 3.6
mg/dl, AST 12/ALT 12, WBC 3.9, RBC CNT
4.06, HCT 36, MPV 7.2, prolactin 29.3,
several others were on the low end of the
spectrum. I know that all labs have
different scales and these may fall in the
normal range in other labs but these were
the ones that were low. The only high one
was the prolactin.
I am now waiting for an pituitary MRI for
the high Prolactin levels, but I was told
that they were only slightly elevated and
probably meant nothing. But I know that
whatever is going on it affecting my
ability to be in the Army. They have not
sent me to a liver specialist because of
the labeling of Gilbert's Syndrom,
eventhough they tell me it is
asymptomatic. I do not get how they
diagnosed me with Gilbert's based on my
symptoms when Gilbert's it Asymptomatic in
the first place.
