what is hepatomegaly?

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Respondents have written thesis on hepatomegaly!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hepar= Liver, Mega= Big (Latin), meaning an enlarged liver (more than normal size).  (+ info)

information about hepatomegaly with fatty infilteration?

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Yes  (+ info)

Does ANY type of insurance covers ATLEAST a little bit of liver enlargement surgery?

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Im doin a project and need to know if there is any type of insurance that can cover hepatomegaly surgery. thank you.
Also, how long will you need rest(how much time will it take away from work).
They usually do not do surgery if there is just an enlargement of the liver. They have to find out what caused the enlargement and see if they can treat it first.

When the liver cells become damaged, by any number of different causes, the immune system of the body will respond to this damage and cause inflammation inside
the liver. This is what causes the liver to enlarge in size.

If the cause can be found and stopped and the inflammation is treated, then the liver cells can heal and the problem can be reversed.

It is only when the liver cells start to die off, from damage and inflammation...that scar tissue will form inside the liver and block the flow of blood. It then becomes a progressive disease known as Cirrhosis of the liver.

Let me explain the differences in the terms you will read:
Hepatitis is inflammation inside the liver caused by many different causes. Hepat stand for liver and itis stands for inflammation.

Hepatomegaly is enlargement of the liver.
Hepato means liver, megaly means larger

Cirrhosis is death of the liver cells and scar tissue formation. Cirrho means orange or yellow (usually because patients turns this color.) osis means condition.

I believe you are basically asking what a liver transplantation would cost, because that is what cirrhosis leads to.
A liver transplant costs from $300,000 to 400,000 and UP in the USA. Depending on what insurance you have...some will cover part of it, some will cover all of it, some won't cover it unless you can prove to
them it is medically necessary and they believe you need it.

The recovery times depends alot on whether you have other medical conditions, your age, how you do through the long hours of surgery, and if complications develop afterwards.
"Some patients go home in two weeks time period."
Though, they are seen by their doctors very
frequently for about a year. Depending on how they are doing, their weekly appointment at a clinic will be moved out accordingly.

If you want to learn more about liver transplantation, here are some sites you can click on. You might be amazed by some of the things you read here...many people don't know what all is involved in this.

http://www.surgery.usc.edu/divisions/hep/patientguide/index.html
http://www.transplantliving.org/
http://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov

People who have liver cirrhosis can become
very weak. How soon they can recover
and being off of work, depends on when
they leave the hospital (because of
any of the things I mentioned above...
plus how high they were on the transplant
list when they received the organ, their
age, and how well they respond to the
anti rejection drugs, if they have any
kind of organ rejections and many other
things.

To find out what your particular insurance
will cover...you can ask before you
purchase your insurance or you can
call your employer HR department if
you have insurance through them or
get in touch with the insurance about
your benefits. The insurance usually
has a special section of the insurance
that allows for case management of
cancer and transplant patients.
They can provide information there of
what transplant centers the patient
would be allow to go to and then
transfer you to someone who can tell
you how much the cost of it would
become your part, if there is any.

Hope this info is of some help.  (+ info)

how can i get my mother to take her medication?

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My alcoholic, drug addict mother has astigmatism
cardiovascular disease

Angina pectoris
corroded arteries
osteoporosis
hypertension
Hypercholesterolemia
asthma
depression
anxiety
Skin cancer
Cirrhosis
Hepatomegaly
But she suddenly decided that she doesn't need to take her medication because she dosent have heart problems dispite already having 2 heart attacks..I have tried talking to her but she won't listen. I know she is going to die what can I do to make her take her medication????
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The classic early manifestation of left-sided congestive heart failure would be __ while the early indicator?

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of right-sided failure would be ___.?


a. palpitations and periodic chest pain; shortness of breath on exertion
b. swelling of the ankles and abdomen; chest pain
c. shortness of breath on exertion or lying down; swelling of the ankles
d. coughing up frothy sputum; hepatomegaly and splenomegaly
C.

Blood entering the left side of the heart is coming from the pulmonary circuit. If the left side of the heart is failing, the blood will back up into the pulmonary circuit and diffuse into the lung tissue and interfere with oxygen diffusion. This is more likely during exertion since the heart will be beating faster due to increased metabolic demands and also during lying down since the fluid in the lungs will spread and cover a greater surface area of tissue.

Blood entering the right side of the heart is entering from the systemic system, i.e., the rest of the body. If the right side of the heart is failing, the blood backs up into the systemic vasculature and gravity will cause it to pool in the lower extremities (e.g. the ankles) causing swelling.  (+ info)

what will be possible non invasive treatment plan for mitral steno sis with mitral valve area less than 0.85?

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patient is elderly woman of 75 years with calcification of mitral leaflet with problem of chronic cough. no oedema feet, no breathlessness on rest, no hepatomegaly
You could check this out: http://www.mayoclinic.org/mitral-valve-disease/treatment.html
http://www.emedicine.com/EMERG/topic315.htm
Mitral valve area <0.85 is narrow. Given the patient's age of 75 and possible other conditions that increase her risk for surgery i.e balloon valvotomy. Non invasive tx plan include: reduce salt intake, avoid strenous workout/exercise, medications to reduce workload to heart and blood thinners. Your cardiologist is the expert on this. GL!  (+ info)

A 68y.o. male complaining of dyspnea and arrythmia,what are the differential diagnosis and cause of death?

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history of RHD,CHF,CAD,cardiomegaly,hepatomegaly,smoker-100 pack years but discontinued 10 years prior to admission,alcoholic beverage drinker-12 cans of beer daily,atrial fibrillation,pleural effusion,pulmonary edema,mitral valve prosthesis,coronary bypass,complete RBBB,oliguria,hypotension and patiet eventually expired 3 days post thoracotomy.
By what information you have given me my 1st guess would be cardiogenic shock. But you don't say why the thoracotomy was preformed. Was it for heart, heart valves, lung, thorasic aorta, esphageal or spine surgery. You also don't say wether this patient had a cardiac or pulmonary arrest or if both which occured 1st. I chose cardiogenic shock 1st due to all the already existing cardiac issues and additional symptoms. Was the CHF ( which pulmonary edema is a symptom) caused by the cardiomegaly , the A-fib, the MV prosthesis or a combination of some or all. You also mentioned a previous CABG, but you didn't mention any myocardial injury occuring. This pt. not only had mechanical issues but also had electrical problems as demonstrated by the A-fib and the RBBB. The pulmonary involvement sounds more like it's due to all the cardiac problems. You mentioned hypotention but not whether it was due to medication or if it was a symptom of the cardiomegaly. You mentioned oliguria but nothing of CRF or even ARF post surgery. So was this a new onset? You give no lab values that could indicate organ functions. Sooooooooo. I still stand with cardiogenic shock as my 1st choice (chosen from all the cardiac envolvement and the possibility that he could have thrown a clot [a-fib, PMV and had to be taken off thinners for the surgery] and had an MI. The symptoms of hypotention & oliguria occur in cardiogenic shock). My 2nd choice would be a CVA ( due to the A-fib the PMV and the fact he had to be off anticoagulants for the thoracotomy. 3rd and lastly alcohol withdrawal (just kidding! Really I was just kidding!)  (+ info)

what disease is associated with......?

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Bone pain and pain in other limbs, bruising and chronic fatigue. Also, the test reveals anemia. Further examination reveals splenomegaly and hepatomegaly and notice of some respiratory distress.
well luekemia is likely, but it can also be a bone wear down caused by a bacterial infection. either this sounds extremely serious. this may be very deadly if not treated right away. you need to ask a doctor for cat scans and cancer tests.  (+ info)

Hepatitis B Inquiries?

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1. how do i interpret the result of a HBsAg test? how do i understand the results?

2. my friend got pricked by an IV Cannula used on someone we think has Hepatitis B (coz the patient has the FF: positive liver abscess, positive hepatomegaly and he is a drunkard) April 1, 2008 Tuesday while working in the hospital... when should she get a test and what test? what should she do? what should she expect? details anybody? thanks!
if she got vaccine already, she is ok and no need to test.
if not, she has to get HbsAg test atleast after two months of the infection.
if result is < 0.9 its negative and she is ok
if result is > 0.9 and < 1.1 she is in borderline and she has to wait few months and get test again.
is result is > 1.1 she is hbs infected and must see her doctor imediately.
she can also measure her antibody level
it can be useful
i hope to be health.  (+ info)

i realy wanna know whats going on?

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hi,

my father is 57 he has colon cancer spread in liver afer 2 years of chemo and radio thearpy the dr gave him xeloda but now his liver has hepatomegaly and his right and left lobe is suffering from it, is it bad ?? is he on a late stage of cancer???

please help me and thx u all
Yes, this is an advanced stage of cancer. Anytime cancer spreads it is considered stage IV and advanced. What they are trying to do right now is stabalize the disease, bring it under control, and allow your father to live with his disease rather than 'cure' it. No one can really tell you what is going to happen from this point forward . . it will either be brought under control or it will not. Disease progression may be the result or your father may even elect to no longer pursue treatment. That part would be his decision. So sorry that this is happening in your family.  (+ info)

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