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kjc · 05-01-2013, 08:58 AM

Tink's BAT results were over 300, pre and post prandial. Tink had surgery, bc she also had bladder stones... but she ended up not having a portosystemic shunt. She had tiny, inoperable shunts from the Bile Duct being blocked, causing very high pressure in her liver. A pill fixed that. Tibbe's results are not outrageous, but indicate he does have one or more issues. Could be LS, Gall Bladder (blocked bile duct) or a number of other things can cause BATs to be off. Normal range is generally <10 or 20 pre and post prandial, depending on what lab is used.

The test sounds like a scintigraphy, a nuclear imaging test (a dye is injected) (runs around $3-400) or if not that, a doppler ultrasound. I think the scintigraphy is the better test. Both cost close to the same.

05-01-2013, 08:58 AM	#2
kjc I♥PeekTinkySaph&Finny Donating Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Posts: 18,872	Tink's BAT results were over 300, pre and post prandial. Tink had surgery, bc she also had bladder stones... but she ended up not having a portosystemic shunt. She had tiny, inoperable shunts from the Bile Duct being blocked, causing very high pressure in her liver. A pill fixed that. Tibbe's results are not outrageous, but indicate he does have one or more issues. Could be LS, Gall Bladder (blocked bile duct) or a number of other things can cause BATs to be off. Normal range is generally <10 or 20 pre and post prandial, depending on what lab is used. The test sounds like a scintigraphy, a nuclear imaging test (a dye is injected) (runs around $3-400) or if not that, a doppler ultrasound. I think the scintigraphy is the better test. Both cost close to the same. __________________ Kat Chloe Lizzy PeekABooTinkerbell SapphireInfinity Last edited by kjc; 05-01-2013 at 09:01 AM.