WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for February, 1998: Re: acute fatty liver in pregnacy

Re: acute fatty liver in pregnacy

From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 21 Feb 1998 21:49:20 -0600 (CST)

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At Sat, 21 Feb 1998, annie wrote: >I also have a friend who complained to her ob
>that she was having pain. OB said baby was laying on sciatic
>nerve. She woke up in her 34/35 week with black eyes.
>they did a c-section, she went into cardiac arrest and
>was flown to another hospital where they did a liver
>transplant while she was in a coma. she was breathing on her
>own but is now having kidney failure and is on a respirator.
>why didn't the doctor catch this sooner? she is dying as i
>write this and it is very heartbreaking. I'm scared too,
>because I am 11 weeks pregnant and diabetes runs in my family.
>does fatty liver have to do with gestational diabetes? help!
>

The cause of acute fatty liver of pregnancy is not known but has *not* been associated with gestational diabetes.

I know we will all pray for your friend.

--
Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG
OBGYN.net U.S. Representative, New York
Great Neck, New York
http://www.obgyn.net/states/bios/marchbein.htm
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