Hepatitis is one type of dangerous internal disease. Some causes of hepatitis are as follows: - Damaged old red blood cells into and become the sap of bile. - Physically weak (low immune system), making the blood susceptible attacked by virus and attacks the liver. - Deficiency or low levels of vitamin B-12 ...

Diet and physical activity are fancy suggestions recommended by health practitioners in addition to the treatment for patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), although there were no strong systematic review that support those suggestion. But now, those recommendation could be more true after the researchers from United Kingdom found that ...

Fatty liver or Steatosis is an excessive amounts of triglycerides and other fats that deposits on liver, especially inside liver cells. Although it is not harmful for itself, however, this indication become serious problem because it is associated with other factors of chronic diseases. One of chronic disease associated with fatty liver ...

After liver transplant surgery, the metabolic abnormalities are commonly occur in the survivors. However, with the improvement of technologies and techniques, the survivor can take benefit and grow older. However, as the survivor can grow older, the problem could be waiting them in later life, because older individuals will facing the risk ...

The blood clot that forms within a vein or Venous thromboembolism (VTE) been estimated around 1 to 2 events every 1000 people in the general population and categorized an emerging health problem. As several risk factors for thromboembolism may included individual and lifestyle factors such as old age, obesity, smoking, pregnant, ...

Pulmonary arterial hyertension (PAH) is rare and incurable condition that involves tightening of blood vessels connected to and within the lungs and often lies undetected until it reaches the most severe stages. It can occur in isolation (primary pulmonary hypertension) and may associated with other diseases, such as scleroderma and systemic ...

Acetaminophen or paracetamol is widely used as paint medication and reducing the fever. Despite acetaminophen contribute acute liver injury globally, researchers suggest that when used as directed, hepatoxicity incidence risk in children is rare. This suggestion based on systematic review that reported on November 22 in Pediatric. The authors of the study, Eric ...

Statins or 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-CoA reductase (HMG-CoA reductase or HMGCR) inhibitors are a drug classified used to inhibit the enzyme HMGCR for lowering cholesterol levels. The enzyme HMGCR itself had a key role to produce the cholesterol in the liver. Despite adverse side effect of statins are commonly increased liver enzymes and muscle pain ...

Over the past 40 years, dialysis is prescribed treatment for kidney failure patients. It's lauded for its ability to mimic functions of the organ and sustain life, but it is also associate with debilitating physical and psychological effects. Scientists hope that more frequent dialysis will act to homogenize the hangover-like cycles ...

Several recent studies have reported a comorbidity-adjusted survival disadvantage of early initiation of dialysis. Due to this, the researchers try to minimize confounding issues and determine whether early hemodialysis treatment linked to outcome benefit or harm by examine a relative healthy dialysis cohort. The investigators assessed demographics, year of starting dialysis, primary ...

Dietary intervention can significantly reduce liver triglycerides, particularly in patients with nonalcohololic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) by restriction carbohydrates diet in short term result. According to new study that presented at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases 61st Annual Meeting, due in part to enhanced lipid disposal by ...

There were few data on the histology to explain why common abnormal liver enzymes occurred in HIV infected patients, even in the absence of viral hepatitis or others trigger factors. Therefore, the researchers recently investigate HIV-positive patients with abnormal liver function test, but without viral hepatitis, diabetes, or high levels of ...

Some studies in early 1990s have suggested the benefits of coffee drinking for liver health. Two studies showed drinking about 2.5 cups of coffee daily reduced the risk of hepatitis steatosis in patients with hepatitis C. Now, a study from Texas researchers find that drinking coffee could support the slowing of fibrosis ...

Terlipressin is a vasoactive drug in the management of abnormal low blood pressure (hypotension). According to Pere Gines, MD, from the Hospital Clinic in Barcelona, Spain, terlipressin had an effect of reduction in serum sodium concentration, therefore, in some patients with severe portal-hypertensive bleeding, this therapy may cause hyponatremia and can ...

More than 350 million people worldwide infected by chronic hepatitis B (CHB) infection. Now, viral replication recognized as trigger factor of live injury and marked as disease progression. In the previous study, the researchers found that there is potential virologic suppression and improvement in virologic for patients who continued ...

People who have early stage chronic kidney disease (CKD) should be carefully caused this disease may associated with increased risk of Atrial Fibrillation (AF). Those warning at least reported in recent study result that published as June issue of the American Heart Journal. The lead of study authors, Elsayed Z. Soliman, MD, ...

In the recent study for patients of chronic kidney disease stage V stated that planned early initiation of dialysis was not associated with an improvement in survival or clinical outcomes. The report for this randomized controlled trial was reported in the New England of Medicine in the August 12, 2010 by ...

What is Hepatitis A Hepatitis A is an inflammation of the liver caused by hepatitis-A virus infection. Symptoms exposed to Hepatitis A There are three stages a person has symptoms of hepatitis A. 1. Early symptoms Early symptoms almost similar with flu symptoms, such as nausea, vomiting, weakness, fatigue, lethargy, slightly fever (usually below 39.5 ...

It is very rare the children have kidney stones. However, recent study showed the kidney stone in children have 4-fold especially in South Carolina during 1996 to 2007. By collecting data from state hospital emergency department, a pediatric nephrologist and lead investigator, Dr. David J. Sas from the Medical University of ...

Individuals who had obesity and alcohol habits, moreover with excessive alcohol consumption should be aware that those factors will speed up the risk of liver cirrhosis disease or even death risk from that disease. This warning risk ...

Liver Diseases Liver is largest gland in the body with several lobes which is located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity. It plays important role to eliminate and detoxifying from any toxicities that will ...

Originally, the spread of liver cancer start from other organ. This tumor categorized aggressive and have less prognosis. One types of liver cancer is hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). It is primary liver cancer and may have strong associated with liver cirrhosis and chronic hepatitis ...

Cleanse the liver perhaps impossible thought. However thanks to Gaius Plinius Secundus, natural philosopher who founded the benefits of Chelidonium Majus as detoxifying agent. The outcomes of liver cancer almost similar with other fatal cancer such as lung cancer. The Chelidonium majus plant contain isoquinoline alkaloids in the leaves and root. With the ...

Another cancer that also have high risk of all-cause of mortality is liver cancer. Generally it's categorized by 2 types of where the cancer came from. From direct cancer to the liver and impact of spreading of the cancer from others organ due to blood flow in the body's. Most common liver ...

Voltaren Gel (diclofenac sodium topical gel) is a non steroidal anti inflammatory drug (NSAID) that exhibit anti-imflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic activities in animal models. It is commonly used for inflammation and pain treatment caused by arthritis. The action mechanism of Voltaren like other NSAIDs, is not completely understood but may be ...