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I was diagnosed with Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency and became very ill very fast. I was only sick for 5 months before I was at a 40 MELD and earnestly dying.

At two months old, our son Will was diagnosed with Biliary Atresia, a condition where the bile ducts do not function properly and bile backs up into the liver resulting in liver failure.

I was officially with diagnosed Autoimmune Hepatitis – Primary Biliary Cholangitis Overlap Syndrome in 2011.

At age three, I was diagnosed with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis/Autoimmune Hepatitis overlap as well as Crohn’s disease.

Did you know NAFLD is the most prevalent disease in human history? It is estimated to affect nearly 2 billion people worldwide and about 100 million individuals in the United States.

Did you know that incidence of hepatitis A and hepatitis C in the United States has increased significantly from 2014 to 2018?

Did you know rates of liver cancer incidence have more than tripled since 1980? During this time, death rates have more than doubled.

Did you know that Biliary Atresia is the most common indication for liver transplant in children?

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

When they ran his blood panel, the immediate results showed that his ammonia level was over 1,000. Ammonia is processed in the liver.

I was diagnosed with Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma (Liver Cancer). This type of cancer usually affects people that have Hepatitis C or Cirrhosis from alcoholism, none of which I have.

ALF, in partnership with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), launched The Greatest Gift Initiative to raise awareness about lifesaving living-donor liver transplantation.