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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.

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.

I have always been a healthy and active person. As a child, my parents impressed upon me the benefits of eating healthy and exercising.

I was born with Congenital Hepatic Fibrosis that was discovered when I was in grade school.

As the caregiver for the 7 years 9 months my husband waited for his transplant, HE was by far the most difficult side effect of liver disease to deal with.

I have been diagnosed with various autoimmune diseases. One of which they are now considering may have overlapped into a second autoimmune disease (AIH/PBC) both attacking my liver.

I entered the US Military at the age of 18 and caught Hepatitis C while serving as a medic.

My name is Valerie Green I was diagnosed with Chronic Hepatitis C genotype 2 in August 2015 at age 56 after feeling lousy for a the last 8 years.