In case you missed it, catch up on Bel Marra’s liver cirrhosis update and discover the role played by liver fibrosis in the disease, as well as how to treat hepatitis C in liver cirrhosis patients and the symptoms and treatment of primary biliary cirrhosis. Liver fibrosis or scarring, leading cause of liver cirrhosis can ...click here to read more
Hepatitis C infection in liver cirrhosis patients can be cured with investigational oral therapy. An advanced form of liver disease, cirrhosis can be caused by hepatitis C infection, alcoholism, autoimmune disease, and other strains of hepatitis, among other causes. Hepatitis C attacks the liver, leading to the formation of scar tissue. In its early stages, ...click here to read more
In a recent study, supported by the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, scientists from Oregon State University, found that liver damage caused by the typical “Western diet” may be difficult to reverse. The study shows that while a diet with reduced fat, sugar and cholesterol helped the liver, it did ...click here to read more
Ascites is an indicator of advanced liver disease and liver cirrhosis. Ascites is the accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity, separated by the diaphragm. Abdominal organs are contained in a sac called the peritoneum. There is normally no fluid found in this area, except in some women during menstrual cycles and even that is ...click here to read more
The prognosis for autoimmune hepatitis becomes worse when it is associated with liver cirrhosis and the presence of soluble liver antigen and the liver pancreas antigen (SLA/LP) antibodies. Recent studies done on patients with autoimmune hepatitis show that the first diagnosis of cirrhosis of the liver and the presence of the above mentioned antibodies increase ...click here to read more
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