Patient Stories

Regina's symptoms did not improve and a biopsy revealed primary biliary cirrhosis, an autoimmune disease that attacks the liver. She needed an expert in liver disease.

I was diagnosed with PBC Primary Biliary Cholangitis in May 09, after having pain from straining to move something at work.

It took many hospital visits, inconclusive tests and finally a visit to learn Emma had Crigler-Najjar Syndrome, a rare life-threatening genetic condition that affects the liver.

Our son Andrew was born September 30, 2013 with a genetic liver disease called Alagille Syndrome. At 8 days old we started seeing a liver specialist at Children’s of Alabama.

Having a child with a rare genetic liver disease can be filled with so much fear, anxiety and uncertainty. Our son Isaac, 17, has genetic mutations on his ABCB11 gene.

Towards the end of my pregnancy I developed an unbearable itch over my entire body. I was diagnosed with cholestasis of pregnancy.

I was experiencing complications and attending Riley Hospital for Children, to soon discover after a year of tests that I was diagnosed with Wilson’s disease.

Doctors began a battery of tests to determine the source of Mallory's nausea, abdominal pain, and jaundice. They discovered she was suffering from a severe illness known as Wilson Disease.

A pain in my abdomen advanced so rapidly over a week, it caused me to collapse. My body had shut down; my family was told I’d need a liver transplant to survive.

When I started treatment for Hepatitis C, I had some pretty dark days. The side-effects of the treatment were milder than earlier treatments but still brutal.

Anderson was first diagnosed with hepatitis C in 1999 and underwent interferon/ribavirin therapy.

My journey with liver disease began when I was 12 years old. After being rushed to the ER due to burst esophageal varices, doctors learned that my liver was dangerously close to failure.