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07.09.08, 12:33 PM General Topics
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So my dd got a hold of a bottle of Tylenol last thursday and managed to open it up and got at least one extra strength Tylenol down before I ran over and pulled them away. I tried to get her to throw up and nothing worked. We spent the entire day at the ER 2 blood panels and 1 8 oz syringe of charcoal later we were heading home. Before we left the ER doctor told us we should follow up with our pedi on Monday. So I went in on Monday to find out that one of my dd's enzyme levels in her liver (nothing to do with Tylenol) is out of whack, it is 4 1/2 time what it should be. So, now we have to go and get a liver panel done today and a bunch of other tests. FYI alkaline phosphatase is the out of control enzyme. I am a little freaked out and i can not look online anymore it is to freaking scary. [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 07.09.08, 12:33 PM Flag

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General Topics 07.09.08, 12:35 PM Flag

It means we have to get a ton of blood work done and then wait a month to see if the levels change. If not we will have to do more extensive testing. Causes could be bone cancer, leukemia, blood disorders, etc. not good stuff. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.09.08, 12:40 PM Flag

it could also be nothing. Get her tested again [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.09.08, 12:40 PM Flag

We are. The first test was last thursday, then Monday and now we are going again today. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.09.08, 12:41 PM Flag

Try not to worry too much. I had several liver infections as a kid as side effects of some medication I was taking, and once the medication was stopped, they subsided. No doubt there is something simple that can be done for this. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.09.08, 12:35 PM Flag

Thanks, that is what we are hoping for. When you google and go to WebMD and see cancer, leukemia, etc it is always a little heart wrenching,. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.09.08, 12:38 PM Flag

Never do medical searched online. My MIL committed suicide after she looked something up on WebMD and was convinced she had cancer. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.09.08, 12:39 PM Flag

I know it is the worst. I have to just trust and wait until we know something is wrong. otherwise it will drive me nuts. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.09.08, 12:41 PM Flag

also, try to remember that even if something is wrong, it is most likely very fixable and you have access to great medical care. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.09.08, 12:42 PM Flag

Yeah, most defintiely. I have great ins. and great acceess to amazing medical centers. I am in LA. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.09.08, 12:43 PM Flag

OR above about liver infections and NEVER google symptoms. According to the web, I should not be able to have kids for about a thousand reasons, and I have one and another on the way. You are an individual, not a statistic, and so is dd. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.09.08, 12:41 PM Flag

Yeah I know, unfortunetely I am googling an actual diagnosis, we are just hoping for a binine state of the enzyme. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.09.08, 12:44 PM Flag

Still, it holds. If you google the diagnosis for what I have, I shouldn't have kids. Honestly. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.09.08, 01:00 PM Flag

I ate half a bottle of pills for a horse's heart when I was 17mos and was fine [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.09.08, 12:36 PM Flag

except for that constant braying..... [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.09.08, 12:41 PM Flag

lol, nope, totally fine although I'm sure my mom was completely freaked out. Grandmother left them on a low bench (not safety tops of course) [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.09.08, 12:42 PM Flag

good to know. Did you have to take the charcol, my dd actually took it like a champ. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.09.08, 12:42 PM Flag

yes [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.09.08, 12:43 PM Flag

how old is your dd? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.09.08, 12:42 PM Flag

16months. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.09.08, 12:44 PM Flag

just wondering - why the huge panic when she had 1 tylenol? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.09.08, 12:46 PM Flag

I wasn't sure how many she actually got, I knew that she swallowed at least one, but better safe then sorry. Tylenol is extremely hazerdous to the Liver if od. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.09.08, 12:48 PM Flag

but one would not have hurt her [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.09.08, 12:50 PM Flag

you are correct, this enzyme level has nothing to do with the Tylenol. We found out about it because of the blood work that was done that this was caught. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.09.08, 12:53 PM Flag

why do you say it is not related to the tylenol? overdose of tylenol does mess up your liver. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.09.08, 12:52 PM Flag

Not this sppecific enzyme. We have already had that ruled out. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.09.08, 12:54 PM Flag