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Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)
Up To Date — INTRODUCTION - Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a condition that causes inflammation and accumulation of fat and fibrous tissue in the liver (show figure 1). Although a similar condition can occur in people who abuse alcohol, NASH occurs in ...More…
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Autoimmune hepatitis
Up To Date — INTRODUCTION - The liver is one of the largest and most important organs in the body. It functions to cleanse toxins from the blood, break down medications, and aids in digestion and blood clotting. Hepatitis is a general term that means ...More…
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Hemochromatosis (hereditary iron overload)
Up To Date — INTRODUCTION - Hemochromatosis is a condition that causes excess absorption of iron from the digestive tract. Over time, the excess iron accumulates in tissues throughout the body, leading to iron overload. Signs of iron overload may include ...More…
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Gilbert's syndrome
Up To Date — DEFINITION - Gilbert's syndrome is an inherited disorder of the liver that results in an overabundance of a substance known as bilirubin. Other names for this mainly unharmful disorder are constitutional hepatic dysfunction and familial ...More…
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Screening for esophageal varices
Up To Date — INTRODUCTION - Cirrhosis is a disease in which the liver becomes severely scarred, usually as a result of many years of continuous injury. The most common causes of cirrhosis include alcohol abuse, chronic hepatitis B or C, and fatty liver due to ...More…
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Hepatitis C
Up To Date — INTRODUCTION - The term "hepatitis" is used to describe a common form of liver injury. Hepatitis simply means "inflammation of the liver" (the suffix "itis" means inflammation, and "hepa" means liver). Hepatitis can ...More…
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Hepatitis B
Up To Date — INTRODUCTION - The liver is an organ that is located in the right upper abdomen, beneath the rib cage (show figure 1). It performs many functions that are essential to life including: Manufacturing albumin, a protein required for maintaining ...More…
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Hepatitis A
Up To Date — INTRODUCTION - Hepatitis is a common form of liver injury that simply means "inflammation of the liver" (the suffix "itis" means inflammation and "hepa" means liver). Hepatitis A is a specific type of hepatitis that is caused ...More…
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Liver biopsy
Up To Date — DEFINITION - The liver is a large organ that is located in the right upper abdomen, beneath the rib cage (show figure 1). It performs many functions that are essential to life. A liver biopsy is a procedure that involves obtaining a small piece ...More…
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Gallstones
Up To Date — INTRODUCTION - Gallstones are solid pebble-like collections that form inside the gallbladder. The gallbladder is located in the upper right abdomen, under the liver. More than one million Americans are diagnosed with gallstones (cholelithiasis) ...More…
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Healing Hepatitis and Liver Disease Naturally: ...
Amazon.com — Author Peter Oyakhire EAN 9781452010335 Adult Product? NO ISBN 1452010331 Eligible For Trade In? YES Number Of Pages 288 Publication Date 2010-11-23 Release Date 2010-11-23 SKU 9781452010335_lnMore…