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Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Apr 11, 2023 | Replies (116)

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@welcome1

Thanks for the information. I am in lots of pains everyday and don’t know what to do or where to start from as the specialist is not yet ready to give me any medication. I still goes to work with this pain but is always not focus. Should I stop working and stay home and wait until after the treatment? What do you advise?

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@welcome1, We are not medical professionals so we can't give advice as such. I can share that if I was in a lot of pain and unable to focus on my work, I would call my doctor and ask him the same question you have asked here.

@welcome1, I think that you should call your doctor and tell him/her about your pain. When a symptom is having a major effect on daily activities, it is time to act.
Liver disease can take on a variety of symptoms and the disease can be stable for a while, then become active again. Blood tests can tell a lot, but also there are tests and procedures that are necessary to diagnose the problem. My liver disease (PSC) went thru a long stable period before it developed symptoms and liver failure.

Your April appointment is a long way off. Your pain could be simple as inflammation or an infection (needs to be treated with antibiotics) or something else. Are you experiencing a fever? yellowish tinge to skin or eyes? dark urine? pale bowels? These are things your doctor will want to know.
I am going to be checking in here and I hope that you will find some relief from the pain. I am available to talk with you and to answer your questions about liver disease if you have any.

If you don't go to work, No Income is bad too. Pain Management does not mean no pain Its pills and injections and ideas on how to deal with the pain. Most of the pills are non-narcotic thanks to the dope heads and government legislation, so, the pills and creams don't help much. Pain is a miserable thing and those who don't have it think you should just suck it up and quit whining, I live it chronic pain, quality of life is bad, I can't do my old job anymore, trying to learn something new. Not easy at my age. I am the optimist though. I just want to wish you good luck in your future.