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Unable to leave home alone
A person may be unable to leave home alone due to limitations caused by health conditions, or he may have psychiatric problems that causes him to be fearful of leaving the home.
Dr. Robert Kwok reviewed this
35 year experience in Pediatrics
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A 44-year old female asked:
At home liver test results color came out between a negative and +. Different shade levels of positives, there is a +, ++, +++.Should i be worried?
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A 38-year old asked:
Are there any home remedies for cirrhosis of the liver?
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A 30-year old female asked:
Is fatty liver dangerous? How to loose fat on liver? any home remedies or diet?
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A 38-year old asked:
Home remedies to treat cirrhosis of the liver?
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A 19-year old male asked:
Is it possible to diagnose if there is a liver problem or if it's normal with a urine test alone?
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A 22-year old female asked:
My liver is slowly failing. I have very low energy levels and I struggle to work part time, let alone cook. Can I live off frozen prepared meals?
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A 25-year old male asked:
I recently did a liver function test where my sgpt count is 66 i.U./lit. Please help, how can I get it to normal by doing simple home tips.
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A 25-year old female asked:
My professor said that the addition of fluorine renders fluorinated steroids unable to be broken down by the liver. T or f?
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A 34-year old male asked:
Bun/creatine ratio is 24.was fasting and hydrated. creatine alone is 0.73 just slightly low. have liver disease. why ratio high?
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A 41-year old female asked:
I've been out of the hospital for transaminitis a month. I'm still unable to eat, sleep, & still have painful liver spasms. Should i be concerned?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Can pregnancy alone cause elevated liver enzyme levels? Alt level was 54. Is this considered high?
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A 23-year old male asked:
After a liver laceration grade 2, how long they will keep you in the hospital? Can I ask for going home after 3week?
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A 26-year old male asked about a 25-year old female:
What does it mean when a doctor says there is fat in the liver? They said it very subtlety before moving to the next thing and was unable to ask about it, is it something to be concerned about? Something I can do about it?
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A 67-year old female asked:
What kills a person in metastic colon cancer . Does the liver have to fail or can the mets alone cause death ?
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A 67-year old female asked:
How effective is irinotecan alone for colon cancer when primary removed but there occured a liver met and a node ?
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A 30-year old female asked:
Multiple hypo densities on liver and kidney in AB CT. I havent felt well for six years been unable to make diagnosis. 30yr F. Follow up on densities?
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A 35-year old male asked:
Can pregnancy alone cause elevated liver enzymes (for wife)? She doesn't drink or do any drugs, takes a prenatal; has grave's but not rx'd meds yet..
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A 20-year old male asked:
How long it will take to form cirrosis of liver from early fibrosis?in hep b alone.my age is 20 yrs.and osteosarcoma patient treated wid chemo.
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A 50-year old female asked:
24 days ago I broke 4 ribs (right side) with pneumothorax (right side) and a grade 3 liver laceration. I'm home now but I have a cough now, why?
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A 48-year old asked:
Please let me know the best treatment for hepatitis c, if one is above 60 and unable to afford liver transplant pl. Help?
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A 57-year old male asked:
Hello, my dad had liver resectioning surgery, doctors let him go home his tummy was swallen, after one week his legs become swallen(painless)?
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A 51-year old male asked:
My liver transplant coordinater from the university needs me to find a primary care doctor that is close to my home.I have hvc. Type1 /17meld?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Hi, I took an at home uti test, came back positive. I'm worried about my liver working overtime as I may have liver disease. Is 3 days of Macrobid enough if at home test is negative? Symptoms were mild to begin with, just slight aching/frequency?
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A 32-year old asked:
Strep throat what are good home remediesfor a person with cirrhosis of the liver?
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A 37-year old female asked:
Salmon and fish oil pills good? Better to take cod liver oil alone? Is cod with vitamin A safe?Heard "A " stays in body,so what if you have too much?
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A 33-year old female asked:
I've had normal AST 14 ALT 11 every year for 10 years. Would odds of cirrhosis be low with those numbers alone? If by chance there was fatty liver and no alcohol for 9 months, would liver fully recover and moderate drinking would be ok?
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A 58-year old female asked:
My mother is 78, her spine is deteriorating and she is in constant pain. She is now in a nursing home and is on strong pain meds she is quite weak, i think she is not getting better though she is in rehab. How long can her liver take these pain meds a mon
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A member asked about a 71-year old male:
Sorafenib decreased platelet count of my father at 72 who's diabetic, diagnosed with hcc & decompensated liver cirrhosis & now unable to take sorafenib?
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A 53-year old female asked:
Rt rib flank pain. Unable lay rt side. No fever / vomiting. Yellowish bm. Stripe rash rt side brief less than 12 hr. Shingles?Gallbladder? Liver?
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A 25-year old female asked about a 37-year old :
Sent home to be with family with no more treatment options for pancreatic cancer. Tumors in liver blocking bile duct with drainage tube. Time left?
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