Diseases of the liver and biliary tract

Acute liver failure in children

Acute liver failure (ALF) is a rapidly developing disorder of the synthetic function of the liver, characterized by severe coagulopathy and hepatic encephalopathy.

Liver coma

Hepatic coma is the most severe condition diagnosed in hepatic encephalopathy (HE). HE is understood to mean the entire spectrum of neuropsychiatric disorders developing in hepatocellular insufficiency or portosystemic shunting of blood.

Acute liver failure

Acute liver failure is of two types - major and minor. Treatment of this disease is complex and long-term, and involves the use of an etiologic and pathogenetic approach.

Liver cyst

A liver cyst is considered a benign disease of the organ, which is rightly called the "defender" of the human body. The impact of the liver on normal human life is invaluable, and lesions such as hepatosis, adenoma, cirrhosis or liver cyst can lead to serious consequences.

Hepatitis in the elderly

Chronic hepatitis in the elderly is a disease that occurs due to various reasons. In 28% of cases, acute viral hepatitis in the elderly is the cause of ironic hepatitis. Currently, 2 forms of the disease are distinguished: persistent and active (aggressive) chronic hepatitis.

Cirrhosis

Cirrhosis is the proliferation of connective tissue in parenchymatous organs (liver, lungs, kidneys, etc.), accompanied by a restructuring of their structure, compaction and deformation.

What to do if your liver hurts?

If your liver hurts, you need to immediately put aside all your affairs, herbal infusions, poultices, pills and go to a gastroenterologist or hepatologist. Liver pain can signal serious diseases occurring in the organ itself, in nearby organs or the onset of acute appendicitis, which likes to "disguise" itself as symptoms of various diseases.

How does the liver hurt?

Explaining how the liver hurts is quite simple. Even the most uninitiated in medical terminology person will understand that if there is heaviness in the right hypochondrium and bitterness in the mouth, one should suspect the onset of liver disease, without going into diagnostic details.

When does the liver hurt?

When the liver hurts, even if all other organs are in perfect health, the person's health is not to be envied. In a normal state, the liver is involved in many functions, interacts with almost all systems and organs, any failure in its work leads to multiple disorders, to a chain reaction, the consequence of which can be serious complications.

Hepatitis

Hepatitis is considered one of the main causes of all inflammatory processes in the liver. It is no coincidence that a disease of viral etiology is blamed for the pathologies of this very important organ; according to statistics, there are over 500 million people worldwide who are sick with viral hepatitis.