Case Study Four [21]

1995 (approximately)

1. Alcohol. Use of alcohol not declared.

2. Dehydration. Yes. Sheet sleeping bag became soaked at night. Symptoms were associated with long overland bus journeys.

3. Contraceptive pill/hormonal therapy. No.

4. Recreational drugs. Not declared.

5. Other liver-damaging agents. None described.

6. Other risk factors. Anxiety (a putative risk factor) had been experienced in the past. Otherwise, none described.

Stopped taking the pills

5 months