Things they don't tell you about Bilirubin counts!!!
Ok. Let me start out by saying that I had Gilberts Syndrome but I didn't. Confused? So was I. Let me give you a little background.I am 33 years old and was diagnosed with GS when I was 12. My primary...
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Marty,I have printed you whole long story and will be taking it to my Doctor. I regularly get very anemic and I believe you could be onto something here.Cheers,Eugene du Plessis,South Africa.
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Dear Marty,Thanks so much for the info. The connection with the spleen is very interesting. I went to a foot reflexologist for a while who kept telling me that I had a problem with my spleen. I...
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I have relatives who have hemolytic anemia, so my mom was concerned when I was diagnosed with Gilbert's. I guess the cousins who have the H.A. are quite sluggish and down often, as I was when I was...
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Hemalytic Anemia can cause regular anemia at times. Remember that the blood is being broken down at an accelerated rate so the bone marrow produces new cells at an accelerated rate. I had a viral...
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Let me add one more thing. When I recently visited with the surgeon we discussed Gilberts and Hemalytic anemia and all sorts of other things. He told me that the normal process of diagnosing gilberts...
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This is very interesting; I've often wondered why some people have much higher levels of billirubin than others. Mine is relatively low and I fall into what is a classic, light GS. I don't think I've...
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I am a 38 y.o. male that was diagnosed with gilberts syndrome about 3 years ago. It all started when routine blood work indicated an elevated billirubin and a slightly decreased platelet count....
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hi, i have gs and also talasemia.Does someone know if talasemia does wrong to the spleen?
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Gman.......feel free to send me an email about your symptoms. I'd like to hear more about them as they sound very similar to mine. I just had a spleenectomy and all of my problems are gone. Just out...
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Here is a link to a thread on this forum where another person was misdiagnosed and turned out to have hemalytic anemia. In fact....the exact same spherocytosis that I have! Weird. Anyway. I'm not...
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This thread has been one of the most interesting I've read on this site, because it closely matches my own experience.Always been yellow, not really much else wrong except I've been getting pains...
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Angie, when you say 'talasemia' I think the English word is thalassemia - - This might help!
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I can't speak for the removal of the spleen, but like many of the other posters on this board, I've had my gall bladder removed. The surgery was done in one day and I walked home from the hospital....
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Very interesting, icicle! I think I'm going to have my blood work done again to check for this and to confirm GS. Your symptoms sound really familiar, though I am like Michael...low grade GS. I've...
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Thank you so much for this information! I went to my doctor for a totally benign complaint of my feet aching first thing in the morning (I'm 29, not 89) so she ran some labs on me. My labs showed a...
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Hi....I have some of the same symptoms as icicle22. Icicle22, can you give us some updates post splenectomy?
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