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@jim1208 I have signs of HE at 11. Shaking hands at times, easily off-balance, slowdown in speech, difficult word retrieval. My worst episode was in December 2017. Was hospitalized after a bout with norovirus - total lack of memory. My MELD has gone down since then. No serious attacks since then, just the symptoms.

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wildcat | @wildcat | Jul 15, 2019

I had two episodes of HE before my transplant which required hospitalization. My doctors said that they were caused by constipation which allowed the toxins and amonia to build up in my system I am surprised not to hear mention of the dreaded Lactulose! The cure for HE for me was several days of really high doses which literally cleaned out my system! It was horrific but it worked. Afterwards, I made sure that I took my Lactulose every day and I had no more episodes.

It's horrible stuff but it works.

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