Secondary Biliary Cirrhosis - Articles
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
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Dr. Anshu Gupta
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 remove toxins from the body. When the ducts are damaged, bile builds up in the liver and damages liver tissue. Biliary cirrhosis can develop over time and may cause the ...
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Primary biliary cirrhosis associated with scleroderma
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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 that may eventually lead to liver failure. Affected individuals are usually in their fifth to seventh decades of life at time of diagnosis, and 90% are women. Annual incidence i ...
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Cirrhosis of the Liver
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Dr. Anshu Gupta
... 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 are inadvertently tied off or injured.Drugs, toxins, and infections. Severe reactions to prescrip ...
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HCL and Secondary Cancers
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jonhoward1
A lot of the HCL blogs and discussion boards that I follow have patients who want to know more about secondary cancers, so I thought I'd do some more research into the subject. An intensive study was conducted by NIH which examined the risk of secondary cancers in 3104 2 month + survivors of HCL. It found that the cumulative probability of a second ...
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Secondary CMV Infection
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Lisa
Abby, , terryjamesmom@VERIZON.NET writes: I do not mean to start a panic, or be the bearer of bad news, however I am concerned that OBGYNs are simply repeating information they were taught in med school and are not current with the newer studies being done on CMV. During the past decade there have been several studies showing that secondary or rec ...
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Secondary Raynaud's disease and Scleroderma
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Jan
Secondary Raynaud's. Also called Raynaud's phenomenon, this form is caused by an underlying problem. Although secondary Raynaud's is less common than the primary form, it tends to be a more serious disorder. Signs and symptoms of secondary Raynaud's usually first appear at later ages - around 40 - than they do for people with the primary form of Ra ...
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Secondary Stroke Prevention Lowe ...
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Dr. Rubens D.
Secondary Stroke Prevention Lower in Elderly PatientsStudy emphasizes need for secondary stroke prevention in patients of all ages 18 APRIL 2009 -- In stroke survivors, secondary prevention is essential regardless of age, according to a study published online April 16 in BMJ. Rosalind Raine, Ph.D., of the University College London in the United Ki ...
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Secondary Stroke Prevention Lowe ...
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Dr. Rubens D.
Secondary Stroke Prevention Lower in Elderly PatientsStudy emphasizes need for secondary stroke prevention in patients of all ages 18 april 2009-- In stroke survivors, secondary prevention is essential regardless of age, according to a study published online April 16 in BMJ. Rosalind Raine, Ph.D., of the University College London in the United Ki ...
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Secondary Drowning or Dry Drowning
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Tela ..
One of the top google searches today is “secondary drowning”. Wikipedia defines it as follows: “Secondary drowningis death due to chemical or biological changes in the lungs after a near drowning incident”. This can occur when a person swallows or chokes on water and a small amount goes into the lungs. The water acts as a ...
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Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
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Joan ..
Yesterday, I had my yearly visit with a specialist at the Johns Hopkins Multiple Sclerosis Center. At my last visit with a neurologist at this center, it was suggested that I was beginning to transition from Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS) to Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (SPMS). With the full understanding that definite ...
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