Dr. Rishi Chadha, MD is a board‑certified gastroenterologist who specializes in preventive gastroenterology, colorectal cancer screening, and minimally invasive endoscopic procedures. He completed his fellowship at Sunrise Health GME in Las Vegas and previously trained in internal medicine at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Connecticut.
The discussion of your own and family health history begins with Dr. Chadha trying to discover evidence of inherited risk factors and early signs of copper overload.
He orders the laboratory tests of serum ceruloplasin, total serum copper, liver enzymes and other parameters that provide an idea on the degree of liver activity and the chances of copper accumulation.
You will provide a urine sample in 24 hours so that the doctor, Dr. Chadha, can determine the quantity of the copper that your body is shedding-a major indication of the Wilson disease.
In uncommon or non-conclusive cases, Dr. Chadha may propose liver biopsy in order to directly measure hepatic copper level and confirm diagnosis.
Dr. Rishi Chadha, MD is a board‑certified gastroenterologist who specializes in preventive gastroenterology, colorectal cancer screening, and minimally invasive endoscopic procedures. He completed his fellowship at Sunrise Health GME in Las Vegas and previously trained in internal medicine at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Connecticut.
It is a condition in which copper piles up in your organism and destroys your organs.
Blood, 24h urine test, and sometimes liver scans/ biopsy.
Tiredness, abdominal pain, shivering or mood swings.
Mushrooms, chocolate and liver, nuts.
No cure has been discovered, but medication maintains normal copper levels.
Usually every 3 to 6 months.
—Happy, as sick or break-out-- Dr. Chadha checks complications.
Yes, it may begin at an age of a child or a teenager.
Yes, other at-risk can be determined by genetic testing.
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