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Bile acids
Bile acids are made in the liver and stored in the gall bladder. When you ingest a fatty meal, bile acids are released into the intestine to help digest fats and they are necessary for the absorption of certain fat soluble vitamins such as a, d, e and k.
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A 29-year old female asked:
What could excessive bile acid mean?
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: bile acids?
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: serum bile acid elevated?
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A 20-year old female asked:
Does eating before a bile acid blood test affect the results?
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A 26-year old male asked:
Coeliac D trying to gain weight,there is fat malabsorption, is there any way to ameliorate this other than bile acid sequester? Thank you any tips ?
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A 17-year old female asked:
What are the diseases associated with the presence of bile acid and acetone bodies in urine?
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A 20-year old female asked:
Can eating before a bile acid blood test affect the results. When testing for pregnacy cholesatsis ?
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A 27-year old female asked:
Pregnant 26+5 by scan.bile acid sent was 11.9 reported .started on UDCA tab .any effects on baby ?baby wt estimate d by scan 750g and told ?IUGr .????
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A 20-year old female asked:
What is the normal non-fasted range of bile acids ? How much does your bile acids rise after a meal?
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A 72-year old male asked:
I've heard of bile acid secuestrants as an alternative to statins for high cholesterol. What are the negatives to using them?
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A 21-year old female asked:
How can bacterial overgrowth, a common consequence of gastric syrgeries, lead to changes in bile acids that upset bile function?
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A 37-year old female asked:
Im only 8 weeks pregnant and my bile acids are already at 32.3. Is that dangerous to me & the baby? What can I do to lower my bile acids?
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A 25-year old male asked:
My B12 is at 200 ng/L lab reference is 130-800. I have bile acid malabsorption. Is this level acceptable for everyone, or could i benefit from more ?
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A 29-year old female asked:
I recently took a gut health test and this result came back: Your gut microbiome shows excessive bile acid metabolism. What can I do to reduce the excessive bile acid or how should I interpret this result?
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A 32-year old female asked:
No gall bladder. Would taking " bile acids factors" by jarrow hurt if possibly have non-acid reflux? Aka bile reflux?
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A 22-year old female asked:
How can bacterial overgrowth , a common consequence of gastric surgeries , lead to changes in bile acids that upset bile function ?
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A 44-year old male asked about a 41-year old male:
Cold burning from anal area all the way up to bladder area in 4 day bouts. Gallbladder removed so could this be bile acid irritation? Prostate ok.
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A 37-year old asked:
I have a previous history of severe alcoholic hepatitis but all bloods have normalised except for raised bile acid, which is causing distressing all over itching. What could be the cause of this? Thanks
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A 23-year old asked:
Will the bile acid in my bowel movements irritate my rectum?
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A 22-year old female asked:
25 weeks pregnant & have yellow in my eyes under the lid & also underneath my eyes, im also suffering from bile/acid coming, but have tablets for it?
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A 35-year old female asked:
Can you take zofran and metoclopamide together. I have bile acid malabsorption and have nausea and bad upper stomach pain every day?
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A 39-year old female asked:
33+3 weeks pregnant. RUQ pain below my ribs and around to back by ribs. Had gallbladder removed 6 years ago. All metabolic blood work came back good along with bile acid test. BP has remained ok. No diabetes. What else could this be? Baby?
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A 28-year old female asked:
15 weeks pregnant. Mild itching 4 weeks on legs-Lotion helps. Normal LFT's. Do I need bile acid test for ICP?
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A 28-year old female asked:
I have itching, I am 37 weeks pregnant. My blood analysis is normal only ast is 79 and alt 115, alk phosphate-185!!! Bile acid-10!!! Can I have cholestasis?
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A 35-year old male asked:
25 gallblader surgery.from 3d week I have heartburn .burning inside .bile or acid ?if it's bile is going to adjust?how much time?
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A 48-year old male asked:
Bile reflux-acid reflux, being treated for acid reflux 40mg Pepcid (famotidine) and 40mg pantaprozole each 2/aday. But symtoms of bile reflux..Wrong meds?
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A 38-year old female asked:
I've had a cat scan of my lungs and other tests and my oxygen is good, but i feel breathless sometimes. I have bad bile and acid reflux can that make?
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A 30-year old male asked:
I get excessive sticky white mucus build up in the larynx area, is this likely to be pepsin, bile or acid, it never burns my throat ?
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A 38-year old female asked:
Can gallbladder surgery cause you to develop acid/bile reflux?
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A 39-year old female asked:
How long should I take lanzoprazole to treat acid/bile reflux after gallbladder surgery?
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