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Blood Pooling in Fingers
If anybody has heard of this I would greatly appreciate any info.. I'm stage 4. Supposed to start treatment in Jan. At this point feel great. Gym and work 6 days a week. Tonight was lifting heavy. Bench and incline dumbbells. Happened to look down and my hands were black from mid palm to fingertips. Actually thought I had picked up dumbbell with grease on it. Washed .. realized it was me. Nice. Googled etc...nothing. Thanks in advance.
By the way , I correct myself . Incivik was approved in Canads also in September the 2 drugs are available here .Now which one to choose.
My appointment the 24th this month is with Wong at the Vic. I started at the General with Clleland. Guy is burnt out. That is when I called a friend who is Dr and got a referral for St Luc"s, a Dr Fournier. I am seeing Wong (which took a while to arrange) to basically confirm I am on the right path with Fournier. I can"t wait till 2013. Wish you the best.
I also am in Montreal andwill be starting treatment also in new year .Victrelis is the only drug approved since September in Montreal , th other drug Incivik will only be approved in a few months . I am seeing hepc specialist at thr Royal Victoria Hosptila=-Dr Wong, I also had an appointment with Dr BaffIths- woman at the Mtl General Hosp. I decided to go with Dr Wong he runs the Hep Clinic , he also just returned from the San Framcisco AASLD conference withall the updates . We will discuss my options whether to treat now or wait for newer drugs coming out in 2013 .Good luck
Could it be Cryoglobulinemia? My husband developed purple spots on his legs and had dark spots on his finger tips at the end of his second treatment for Hep C a year ago. His hepatologist referred him to a dermatologist, who thought it might be Cryoglobulinemia. The dermatologist did some tests and ruled out Cryoglobulinemia, which apparently is often present in patients with chronic Hep C. Here is some info: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001567/
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105,000 platelets are plenty. You shouldn't have bleeding under your skin unless you have a high (International Normalized Ratio) (INR) value and are having long times when clotting your blood. If you are bruising under your skin you need to notify your doctor as this could be an indication liver disease problems.
I am not sure what you have done about your cirrhosis as you don't say.
Are you familiar with portal hypertension? Has your doctor mentioned this? This is a complication due to cirrhosis. If you have cirrhosis your liver is scared throughout. Portal hypertension is caused by the blood that normally flows up from the lower parts of your body through the liver and back to your heart. Well if you can imagine instead of your liver being blood rich your liver now prevents the flow of blood because of the amount of scar tissue in your liver. So the blood finds other routes to flow back up and into your heart. These veins don't normally carry this much blood. So the pressure builds up. Like trying to put a lot of water through a thin water hose. This is called portal hypertension. This process enlarges the veins in your esophagus and in your intestines. If the pressure becomes too high for the veins to handle, they burst and then a cirrhotic will either vomit blood or defaecate blood. This can be a life-threatening condition.
Have you been checked for varices with an endoscopy?
Do you have them. How advanced are they?
Why is this important?
You mention you life heavy weights. Lifting heavy weights increases blood pressure. Depending on how advanced your liver disease is, weight lifting can cause varices to bleed. While you are compensated it is probably not a problem, but in the future unless you stop the progression of your cirrhosis, it will be a serious issue. But at that point you will probably be too fatigued to lift any heavy weights at all. And if you progressed to advanced End-stage Liver Disease you will lose all of your muscle mass. You should take to your doctor (hepatologist) about this and let him know you are doing this.
Are you planning on treating your hepatitis C soon?
I hope so you appear to be well enough to still have that option.
Hector