Can gastroenteritis be confused with hepatitis (symptom-wise)? The reason I ask is because I had my liver function tested on Wednesday and on Monday (5 days later), I felt really tired and woke up hours later to extreme diarrhea , chills and some vomiting . I felt so bad that I went to the ER and was given an IV and some anti-acid and anti-diarrhea meds. By Wednesday I felt better and started eating regular food after only having water, Gatorade and Lipton noodle soup the previous day. On Wednesday, one week after the liver test was done, my doctor called to inform me that my liver enzymes were elevated (at 88 when norm is up to 50). He s re-testing me and also running other liver tests. Could I have been experiencing hepatitis and not gastroenteritis? It is now Saturday, 5 days since I first felt ill and my feces is solid but yellow.
Dear Mister, symptoms that you have described are specific for gastroenteritis, and it should be the first problem to think about. If you feel better now and don't have this symptom it means that your therapy was successful. Symptoms of hepatitis are nonspecific. It depends on are you talking about acute or chronic hepatitis? A, B or C? Which liver enzymes are elevated? If AST and ALT than it can be liver lesion, if GGT it can be alcoholic liver disease and ALP means that you probably have billiard system obstruction. Symptoms of acute hepatitis are pain in upper right qua Chat Doctor. So what should you do?1. Lab tests: bilirubin, red blood count2. Viral DNA/RNA analysis to rule out viral hepatitis3. Liver ultrasoundWhen you do this everything should be clear. Wish you good health, 