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Does anyone have any experience of a liver hemangioma? I have been having a constant dull ache under my right ribs for the past year since giving birth. When I lie down I feel like there is something there and a feeling of pressure. I had an abdominal ultrasound yesterday and everything was absolutely fine. The technician said the only thing there was a hemangioma on my liver which is a harmless birthmark. She said it will likely have always been there but their protocol is to give me a follow up scan in a few months. She said that the hemangioma wouldn't have been causing me the pain.
She made it sound like no big deal and completely harmless and they are very common, but having done some reading on them it sounds like they can cause pain and issues. It seems like my pregnancy made it grow as they are affected by estrogen. I read that they can rupture and this can be fatal Does anyone else have one and what if any precautions do you take? Can I still lift weights? Does the presence of it burden or damage the liver in any way?
She made it sound like no big deal and completely harmless and they are very common, but having done some reading on them it sounds like they can cause pain and issues. It seems like my pregnancy made it grow as they are affected by estrogen. I read that they can rupture and this can be fatal Does anyone else have one and what if any precautions do you take? Can I still lift weights? Does the presence of it burden or damage the liver in any way?