I'm a 43 year old female. For about 2
years i've had a lot of nausea,
indigestion, diarhea, and lately - urq
pain. One of my liver enzymes is
slightly elevated - alkaline phosphatase
(114 with high normal at our hospital
being 92). I know this can come from
bone too, but with all my digestion
problems and urq pain, I feel it almost
has to be of liver origin.
The problem is, I just had an abdominal
ultrasound and hida scan - both completely
normal. In a way i'm relieved nothing
was found (i know there are no masses or
tumors), but i'm also frustrated. I've
had two "attacks" of severe chest pain
which radiated to my back (thought I was
having a heart attack!)
has any one else had a normal
ultrasound/hida scan and still had
gallbladder trouble?
Thanks!
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quenterry0
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 May 2006 Posts: 4 Location: NC
Posted: 05-02-06 06:57am
What was your % on your hida scan? I was
told mine was normal then a year later I
found out it was abnormal from a different
doctor.
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rbmusic
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Dec 2007 Posts: 1
Other Testing Posted: 12-23-07 11:29am
I have had right upper quadrant pain for
over a year. I work in a hospital so I
have access to a lot doctors to ask
questions, but still have no answer. I've
had the pain, bouts of nausea, and over 10
pound wt loss. That being said, some
other tests you may ask for if your HIDA
and ultrasounds are negative. MRCP (MRI of
the gall bladder and pancreas), MRA of
mesenteric arteries (angiogram to rule out
a mesenteric ischemia which is rare but
possible), EGD (scope of esophagus,
stomach, duodenum), Upper GI w/ small
bowel series, & exploratory
laproscopic surgery. You may also ask for
bloodwork to include your ANA & SED
rate to rule out an autoimmune
inflammatory response (lupus, etc). I've
had all of these done, except for a HIDA
and EGD which are my next requests. Also
a colonoscopy would not be out of question
if you haven't had one recently.
