Liver conditions

Liver conditions: Introduction

Any condition that affects the liver. The liver is a body organ responsible for numerous functions such as storage and filtering of blood, bile production, metabolism of fat and sugars and making compounds which control blood volumes and clotting. Liver conditions include hepatitis, cirrhosis and abscesses. Jaundice is one of the more common signs of liver problems.

Symptoms of Liver conditions

• Abdominal pain
• Abdominal lump
• Hepatomegaly
• Splenomegaly
• Chest pain
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 8 symptoms of Liver conditions

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Liver conditions:

• Liver Health & Hepatitis: Home Testing
  • Home Hepatitis Tests
  • Home Liver Tests
  • Sexually Transmitted Disease Tests
• more tests...»

Medical Textbooks Online about Liver conditions

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Liver conditions?

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• Failure to diagnose Liver conditions
• Hidden causes of Liver conditions (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Liver conditions

Misdiagnosis and Liver conditions

Rare undiagnosed iron disorder causes various severe conditions: The rare "iron overload" disorder, hemochromatosis, can cause a variety of symptoms and result in various severe conditions that mimic several of the big...read more »

Rare copper disease insidious and misdiagnosed: Wilson's disease (a form of copper overload) is a rare disorder that has a slow and insidious onset that can often fail to be diagnosed. Copper builds up in...read more »

Chronic liver disease often undiagnosed: One study reported that 50% of patients with a chronic liver disease remain undiagnosed by their primary physician. The reasons are multifactorial....read more »

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Liver conditions: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Liver Health Specialists (Hepatology):
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Causes of Liver conditions

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Treatments for Liver conditions

• Vitamin B3 - possibly used for related vitamin B3 deficiency
• Vitamin A - to prevent vitamin A deficiency
• Vitamin D - possibly used for treatment of vitamin D deficiency
• Vitamin K - possibly used for related vitamin K deficiency
• more treatments...»

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News Archives for Liver conditions

Medical news articles related to Liver conditions include:

• IBD, Liver Disease Patients Show Vitamin D Deficits
• Fatty Liver Disease Ups Heart Risks for Obese Kids
• Daily Glass of Wine Cut Risk of Fatty Liver Disease
• Dads' Early-Onset Obesity Linked to Liver Disease in Kids
• Weight-Loss Drug Fights Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
• Health Tip: Treating Fatty Liver Disease
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Liver conditions

Medical research articles related to Liver conditions include:

• Enhanced Liver Fibrosis (ELF) Test - Liver Fibrosis - diagnosis
• Transient Elastography (FibroScan) Liver fibrosis
• Light to Moderate Alcohol Consumption Is Associated With Lower Frequency of Hypertransaminasemia.
• Alcohol and Liver Disease
• Can rifampicin be used to treat itching and if so what is the evidence to support its use and the dose to be used?
• Hepatitis B
• more research...»

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Patient Surveys for Liver conditions

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Prognosis for Liver conditions

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Clinical Trials for Liver conditions

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Liver conditions include:

• Pentoxifylline/Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) Study: The Effect of Pentoxifylline on NASH - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Pentoxifylline
• A Study of Zidovudine in HIV-Infected Patients With Liver Disease - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Zidovudine
• DILIN's Prospective Study - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Metformin in Patients With Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Metformin
• Improving Hepatitis C Treatment in Injection Drug Users - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Pegulated Interferon and Ribavirin
• more trials...»

See full list of 778 Clinical Trials for Liver conditions

Prevention of Liver conditions

Prevention information for Liver conditions has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Liver conditions.

• Vitamin B12 - possibly used for prevention of Vitamin B12 deficiency
• more preventions...»

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Statistics for Liver conditions

• Medical statistics for Liver conditions
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Liver conditions
• Death and Mortality statistics for Liver conditions
• Society statistics for Liver conditions

Liver conditions: Broader Related Topics

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Types of Liver conditions

Types of Liver conditions

• Liver cancer
• Primary biliary cirrhosis
• Autoimmune Hepatitis
• Chronic liver disease
• Cirrhosis of the liver
• more types...»

See full list of 34 Types of Liver conditions

Stories from Users Related to Liver conditions

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Definitions of Liver conditions:

A disease affecting the liver - (Source - WordNet 2.1)