Thank you for posting query at HCM.
noted that your father has a history of Diabetes,
hypertension,
fatty liver disease and
respiratory tract infection.
He was a smoker but quit last month.
he was alcoholic but quit 3 months ago.
though he quit smoking and alcohol recently but the damage may have been done.
ESR is elvevated. elevated ESR represents chronic inflammatory disorder in the body.
liver cirrhosis/ chronic
alcoholism and smoking are risk factors for malignancy (cancer) in liver and lung respectively.
therefore , a CT is ordered to rule out any benign or malignant lesion in the liver and/or lung. Fibrscan would have been an option too to rule out liver cirrhosis.
sudden
weight loss also points towards malignancy though confirmation maybe done by the scan reports.
wish him good health.
if any further questions, feel free to ask.
Health professionals aim to diagnose properly and manage patients according to their limited knowledge. Cure is blessed by the ONE who Created us, whose power and knowledge is unlimited .
wish you good health.
regards,
Dr Tayyab Malik