Hepatitis – A, B, and C
Hepatitis A: Inflammation of the liver caused by the hepatitis A virus (HAV). HAV is usually transmitted from person to person by food or drink that has been contaminated with the stool of a person with hepatitis A. This type of transmission is called “fecal-oral.”
Hepatitis B is a serious liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV).
Hepatitis C: Inflammation of the liver due to the hepatitis C virus (HCV), which is usually spread via blood transfusion (rare), hemodialysis, and needle sticks. The damage hepatitis C does to the liver can lead to cirrhosis and its complications as well as cancer. Transmission of the virus by sexual contact is rare
- Fatty Liver – the Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease can be divided into isolated fatty liver in which there is only accumulation of fat, and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in which there is fat, inflammation, and damage to the liver.
- Auto-Immune Hepatitis – A disease in which the body’s immune system attacks liver cells, causing inflammation of the liver (hepatitis).
- PBC – Primary Biliary Cirrhosis- A liver disease caused by an abnormality of the immune system. Small bile ducts within the liver become inflamed and obliterated. Backup of bile causes intense skin itching and yellowing of the skin (jaundice).
- PSC – Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis- is a chronic, or long-term, a disease that slowly damages the bile ducts. Bile is a digestive liquid that is made in the liver. It travels through the bile ducts to the gallbladder and the small intestine, where it helps digest fats and fatty vitamins.