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Extra collagen stiffens around tissue like it is supposed to in a healthy liver but, inflammation continues and leads to more stiffening. This is how fibrosis develops.

When the liver detects something dangerous it works hard to eliminate and clear the substance from our body. This activates an immune response which requires some inflammation.

FibroScan is a specialized ultrasound machine for your liver. It measures fibrosis (scarring) and steatosis (fatty change) in your liver. Fatty […]

Bile ducts become blocked due to inflammation and scarring or fibrosis, accumulating in the liver, where it gradually damages liver cells and causes cirrhosis, or fibrosis of the liver.

I was diagnosed with Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC) in April 2016. Previous to the diagnosis, I experienced horrible fatigue that continued for 7 years before we figured out the cause.

Dr. Gideon Hirschfield is a leading voice in the field of autoimmune liver disease.

I’m Becky and I was diagnosed with NASH and was put on the transplant list in 2011. Later in my journey I was officially diagnosed with Cryptogenic Cirrhosis.

In 2005 I was diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis and later with NAFLD. Was also told that I didn’t qualify for a liver transplant.

Do you realize that your liver is depending on you? It’s true. Even though you can’t see it hidden away under your rib cage, if your liver could speak to you, it would say: “I’m working hard…"

Excess alcohol use (or alcohol use disorder) is one of the most common causes of liver disease and is responsible for almost half of the cases of liver-related death in the United States and worldwide.

When Liver Disease tried to take her down she fought harder than anyone I know.

My advice to anyone with alcoholic cirrhosis is to stay positive, believe in yourself, never give up, stop drinking alcohol immediately and listen to your doctor – it will save your life.