Dr. Pathik Parikh Hepatologist and Liver Transplant Physician

  Evaluation of Fatty Liver – Beyond sonography and SGPT How many of you have fatty liver on sonography? How did you come to know that you have fatty Liver? What tests did you carry out to evaluate fatty liver? Fatty Liver is most diagnosed incidentally when patients get evaluated for abdominal discomfort or as a routine health checkup. Sometimes it gets diagnosed when altered liver tests are noticed. It affects nearly one quarter of our population. Whenever there is fatty liver, the pragmatic next step is to start evaluating for metabolic syndrome like diabetes, hypertension, abnormal cholesterol levels, obesity, thyroid abnormalities, sleep apnea. The next step is to exclude other liver disease like viral hepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis, and metabolic liver disease. Once fatty liver is diagnosed, we need to evaluate the stage of fatty liver disease. There is a misconception that ultrasound gives you the stage of liver disease. It does not give stage of liver disease but just grade of

  DR Pathik Parikh   is Best Hepatologist and Liver Transplant Physician About Dr. Pathik Parikh Consultant Hepatologist & Liver Transplant Physician MD.DM  Gold Medalist Fellowship in Hepatology & Liver Transplant (U.K.) Fellowship in Liver Intensive Care (U.K.) Dr. Pathik Parikh  is the only hepatologist in gujarat to be trained Mumbai (India), London (UK), Florida (US) and Osaka (Japan) He is the first and the only doctor to be awarded combined INASL-JSH fellowship for hepatologist Expert Services  Any Abnormal liver function tests  Alcoholic liver disease  Fatty liver disease and it’s complications  Hepatitis B  Hepatitis C  Hepatitis E  Hepatitis A  Liver cirrhosis  Autoimmune hepatitis  Wilson’s disease  Budd-Chiari and vascular disease  Drug / Herbals / Induced Liver Injury  Primary biliary cirrhosis  Primary sclerosing cholangitis Intensive Care  Intensive care for liver disease complications  Acute liver failure  Acute on chronic liver failure Transplant service  Liver

  Herbal Immune Booster – Giloy induced liver injury With the onset of corona pandemic, fear has gripped our people. As no modern medicines have definetely provided a cure, people have resorted to alternative medicines for cure as well as for protection. Although, no scientific basis is available, ease of availability, misconception of absence of side effects and political blind eye has lead to use of multitude of agents without proven benefit. One such agent is Tinospora. Tinospora cordifolia is the scientific name for a commonly used Indian plant in Ayurveda. Commonly known as Giloy, it is believed to have a long list of health benefits.Preparations utilise the stem and root of the plant which is consumed in the form of capsules, powder or juice or in an unprocessed form. Its described benefits have included anti-inflammatory, anti-pyretic properties, anti-viral and anti-cancer, especially immune boosting properties, which made it popular during the pandemic. Autoimmune hepatitis is

  Low Platelets? Usually associated with viral fever especially Dengue and Malaria. However, persistent low level of platelets needs investigation When an individual develops liver disease, it complicates as portal hypertension which leads to increase in size of the spleen. This causes excessive destruction of platelets. Early liver disease or cirrhosis will not have any symptom. Low platelets may be a clincher in these cases to get evaluated for liver disease. Usually patients have low platelets for few months before actually presenting with complication Do not ignore low platelets as viral fever if it persists beyond couple of weeks. Get investigated. If you wish to know more about Liver Disease Contact  Dr Pathik Parikh Liver Specialist . Categories CORONAVIRUS DENGUE FEVER HEALTH HEPATITIS HEPATITIS B HEPATITIS C JAUNDICE LIVER CARE LIVER DISEASE LIVER PROBLEM MEDIA ORGAN DONATION Make An Appointment Zydus Hospitals Road, Nr. Sola Bridge, S.G. Highway, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380054 Con