Hepatitis—inflammation of the liver—affects millions of people worldwide each year. This potentially serious condition can stem from viral infections, alcohol consumption, toxins, medications, or ...

Autoimmune hepatitis quietly damages the liver for years before symptoms appear; specialists in Kenya warn of late diagnoses and urge early medical checks. [File, Standard] When people think about ...

A landmark inquiry investigating the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS is set to conclude on Monday. Between the 1970s and early 1990s, patients were given contaminated blood and ...

Patients with symptoms of easy fatigability, myalgia, or arthralgia; manifestations of jaundice; and laboratory abnormalities that reflect severe liver inflammation have absolute indications for ...

Cholestatic liver diseases and autoimmune hepatitis represent complex, immune‐mediated conditions that culminate in progressive hepatic injury. Disorders such as primary sclerosing cholangitis, ...

The principle of therapy for chronic inflammatory liver diseases is the removal of causal agents. For autoimmune liver diseases, however, total removal of causal agents and immune cells is impossible.

Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver. It’s considered acute until it lasts six months, at which point it’s considered chronic. Complications that can develop from chronic hepatitis include a ...

Scientists at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have discovered how a viral infection causes autoimmune disease, disproving a long-standing theory and opening a promising new approach to ...

AIH with AITD, T1DM, UC, Crohn disease, and celiac disease appear to be significant. However, associations between AIH and PSC/PBC, RA, SLE, SS, and vitiligo are not well-supported. Diagnostic ...

Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a chronic, progressive liver disease caused by immune system dysregulation that targets the liver. If untreated, AIH can lead to severe complications, including cirrhosis ...