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Primary Biliary Cirrhosis by Dr. Anshu Gupta Patient Expert

Primary biliary cirrhosis is a disease that slowly destroys the liver’s bile ducts. Bile is a substance produced in the liver that helps digest fat in the small intestine and ... Read on »

Primary biliary cirrhosis associated with scleroderma by Jan

Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a chronic and slowly progressive cholestatic liver disease of autoimmune etiology characterized by injury of the intrahepatic bile ducts tha ... Read on »

What is Cirrhosis of the Liver? by Noman Khan ... c abnormalities in liver cirrhosis. Catechin (Uncaria gambir): 400 mg three times per day, is antioxidant, antiviral, and helps regenerate liver tissue.What is primary biliary cirrhosis?Primary biliary cirrhosis is a chronic disease that causes the bile ducts in the liver to become inflamed and damaged and, ultimately, disappear. Bil ... Read on »

Multiple Autoimmune Syndrome by Julia O. Registered Nurse

... and), polymyositis (inflammatory muscle disease), and giant cell myocarditis (inflammatory heart muscle disease).Type 2 MAS includes Sjogren’s syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, primary biliary cirrhosis, scleroderma, and autoimmune thyroid disease (Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, atrophic thyroiditis, Graves’ disease).Type 3 MAS groups together autoimmune t ... Read on »

Polyautoimmunity and familial autoimmunity in systemic sclerosis. by Jan

... f 366 autoimmune diseases were reported, of which the most frequent were autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD, 38%), rheumatoid arthritis (RA, 21%), Sjögren's syndrome (18%), and primary biliary cirrhosis (4%). There were 260 (36%) patients with first-degree relatives with at least one autoimmune disease, of which the most frequent were RA (18%) and AI ... Read on »

Watermelon stomach following and preceding systemic sclerosis by Jan

... , watermelon stomach occurred in patients with established SSc but in some it antedated it by several years. In many cases, other autoimmune syndromes such as hypothyroidism, primary biliary cirrhosis, and Sjögren's syndrome were present. The presenting symptom was iron deficiency anemia, which in 11 cases was severe enough to require blood transf ... Read on »

Cirrhosis of the Liver by Dr. Anshu Gupta Patient Expert

... issue. In babies, blocked bile ducts are most commonly caused by biliary atresia, a disease in which the bile ducts are absent or injured. In adults, the most common cause is primary biliary cirrhosis, a disease in which the ducts become inflamed, blocked, and scarred. Secondary biliary cirrhosis can happen after gallbladder surgery if the ducts ar ... Read on »

Systemic Sclerosis...GASTROINTESTINAL MANIFESTATIONS by Jan

... intestinalis. These latter two features are rarely of clinical consequence. Decreased pressure of the anal sphincter can also be seen in SSc, leading to stool incontinence. Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) occurs in a small proportion of patients but at a rate that is greater than expected in the general population. Read More about Systemic Sclero ... Read on »

From PubMed:Medication-induced m ... by Duane Sherry, M.S. Patient Expert

... disease, ataxia, transient ischemic attack, cardiomyopathy, coronary artery disease, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, retinitis pigmentosa, diabetes, hepatitis C, and primary biliary cirrhosis.While targeted nutrient therapies using antioxidants or their prescursors (e. g., N-acetylcysteine) hold promise for improving mitochondrial function ... Read on »

No end to telomeres by Dr. Chris P. Doctor of Philosophy

... by dysfunctional telomeres may be as potent as apoptosis in suppressing tumorigenesis in vivo.Cirrhosis and senescence:Telomere shortening in the damaged small bile ducts in primary biliary cirrhosis reflects ongoing cellular senescence, Sasakiet al.:Telomere shortening and an accumulation of DNA damage coincide with increased expression of p16INK ... Read on »