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Elevated ammonia levels

Digestive Health | Last Active: Feb 25 1:06pm | Replies (48)
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@three

Please help. My husband in Oct was found at the side of the road not knowing who or where he was. His ammonia level was 176. He has been on lactose since then waiting to get into a liver Dr at KU. He said that he does not have liver disease. Today I took him off his lactose per the liver dr. at KU. He feels a little nauseated and weak. Dr. said a channel could have formed in his body to go past the liver. The test that he looked at was from Oct. Does your body form channels in a short period of time?
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Kanaaz Pereira, Connect Moderator | @kanaazpereira | Mar 13, 2019

Hello @three,

I’m so sorry I didn’t see your message earlier; I sincerely hope your husband is feeling better now. Since you mentioned that your husband may not have liver disease, I did a bit of research which led me to this information about "Noncirrhotic Portal Hypertension or NCPH.”

Portal hypertension is abnormally high blood pressure in the portal vein (the large vein that brings blood from the intestine to the liver) and its branches. Cirrhosis is the most common cause of portal hypertension, but it can also be present in the absence of liver disease like cirrhosis – noncirrhotic portal hypertension. https://aasldpubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/cld.497

@three, has your doctor offered a treatment plan for your husband?

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