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Our Mission ALF promotes education, advocacy, support services and research for the prevention, treatment and cure of liver disease. ALF Mid-America […]
Our Mission ALF promotes education, advocacy, support services and research for the prevention, treatment and cure of liver disease. ALF Great […]
Professor of Medicine, Professor of Surgery, Chief of Hepatology, Director of Advanced Liver Therapies, Baylor College of Medicine
Texas
Gastroenterology, Transplant Hepatology, Centura Health Physician Group
Colorado
If you’re living with significant liver damage due to an untreated, chronic Hepatitis C infection you’re likely to need emotional and/or physical support at certain points in your journey.
Often the first sign of liver disease occurs when cirrhosis has developed typically after many years of having NAFLD.
If you have NASH you may experience intense itching, a swollen belly, bruise and bleed easily, yellowing of the skin and eyes, behavior changes, slurred speech, and confusion.
NASH is more likely to occur in people who are older, have type 2 diabetes, have high blood pressure, are post-menopausal women or are obese with body fat concentrated around the waist.
NASH is the more severe form of NAFLD in which you have hepatitis and liver cell damage. Inflammation and liver cell damage can cause fibrosis, or scarring, of the liver.
Learn if you or someone you love is at risk of getting HE, what triggers this complication and how it’s exhibited.
Got questions about your liver, about liver disease, about how to stay healthy or what steps top take next? View some of our most frequently asked questions here.