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Fatty liver disease is when there is excess fat in the liver. This fat can be associated with inflammation or can just be isolated fat in the liver.

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.

Leading hepatologist and hepatitis C expert Gregory Everson, M.D. provides state-of-the-science information to guide patients through the diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis C.

In autoimmune hepatitis, the body’s immune system attacks liver cells leading to liver inflammation.

PSC is a disease-causing bile duct inflammation and scarring that eventually leads to liver failure. Its cause is unknown and its only cure is liver transplant.

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

He is post-transplant liver, 13 years & post-transplant kidney, 9 years and still going strong! The moral of his story, NEVER GIVE UP!

I was born and diagnosed at the age of two with Tyrosinemia, a very rare metabolic disease. This is where the liver doesn’t have the proper enzymes it needs to break down protein.

Several ultrasounds later I was informed that I had an excessive amount of fat on my liver and that my liver was slightly enlarged.

When Tigerlily White of Falmouth needed a liver transplant, her mother, Crystal, donated part of her own liver. Crystal raised money for ALF by running the Boston Marathon.

Annistyn Kate was diagnosed with a rare liver disease called Biliary Atresia (BA). At 2 months old, her mom, was told that she needed a major operation called a Kasai procedure.

Our child was born jaundiced and has been continuously testing for his jaundice for 50 days. After 50 days, he had a surgery where the doctor found out that he has biliary atresia.