Cirrhosis Concerns!

Hello First of all I want to thank you for the wonderful work you do on this forum! Health history I have had high cholesterol for about 10 years. Im 35 years old now. In 2010 I was having some stomach issues and lead me to see a GI doc. After endoscopy full abdominal ultrasound and physical examination nothing was found. I was told to watch my diet and limit my alcohol intake. Like a idiot that I'm I continue to eat bad and drink on weekends. Fast forward to 9/2013 I was out the country visiting family and since I had no medical insurance in the US I decided to get a complete physical which included endoscopy ultrasound and liver function test CBC and lipids. This time I was told I had chronic gastritis and a moderate fatty liver and high cholesterol. Spleen Portal Vein Pancreas kindney's all seem to be normal. Again I was told to change my diet and cut back on alcohol. All my lab work associated with my liver has always been within normal range. 6 months later which was a month ago I started getting a discomfort (sort of pain) on my URQ which come and goes. Sometimes it feels superficial sometime it feel and very spotty with like a 3 inch radius. It's never really my entire side. I been a binge drinker for at least 10 years and last couple of years I average about 24 beers per week. My father passed away from cirrhosis and was also a diabetic. He started to drink 17 years prior to passing away when he was diagnosed with diabetes. My ques; are the following 1) Could this pain be associated with cirrhosis with no other symptoms? 2) I understand cirrhosis could be sneaky but would any previous lab work have raised any red flags? 3) Could I have advanced to cirrhosis from 6 months ago with lab work within normal range and a fatty liver US? 4) Does diabetes play a big roll on cirrhosis? I don't feel my father abused alcohol long enough to have developed cirrhosis. Could diabetes speed this process up?

2015-05-19 10:35:00

Emma