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if my doctor did "liver blood work", does that mean they checked for Hepatitis?
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Default if my doctor did "liver blood work", does that mean they checked for Hepatitis? - 07-29-2009, 10:57 PM

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Default 08-03-2009, 10:57 PM

Most likely. Did you give them a reason to check for that
   
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checking how well it is cleaning your blood
   
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Default 08-12-2009, 10:57 PM

not necessarily, as it is likely he is checking. liver enzymes. a hep panel is another test.
   
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Default 08-13-2009, 10:57 PM

It depends on what you mean by "hepatitis." The word hepatitis means inflammation of the liver. Your doctor will be doing some basic liver function blood work. If the enzymes are high on those, then that could mean your liver does have active inflammation going on which is hepatitis, so therefore the answer could be yes if you mean it this way.

Often times people think of hepatitis means the viral hepatitis of hep A, B, C, and D. These are just one type of hepatitis but your doctor would have to order specific testing different from the liver function tests in order to check for those. They don't typically do this unless there is a reason to suspect the person could possibly have one of those. An example would be that if your enzymes were very highly elevated and your liver was enlarged, the doctor would want further testing done by checking for the viruses on top of the liver function tests in trying to figure out why your blood work is abnormal and your liver is enlarged.

If the doctor is just doing some routine blood work where maybe you are on a med that affects the liver and he just wants to keep checking on that, then there would be no need for any other testing except the liver function tests.
   
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Default 08-17-2009, 10:57 PM

You would need to ask your doctor. If he thought hepatitis might be one of the contributing causes to you having some sort of liver problem, then yes, he might order this. Routine liver panels can also be ordered which give a picture of how well the liver is working. You need to ask your doctor this question because none of us can answer this correctly because we are not your doctor, we have not had a discussion with you about your symptoms nor know what illnesses/diseases he might be trying to rule out.
   
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