Fatty liver disease, or hepatic steatosis, occurs when excess fat accumulates in liver cells. Commonly associated with ...

Hepatic encephalopathy is a liver disease that affects the brain. Learn how a new treatment can treat the disease and prevent ...

In the previous section, we analyzed paradigms that have evolved from experimental models. Clinical observations support the role of such pathophysiological mechanisms. As a consequence of the ...

especially with fats Weight loss and muscle loss Musty-smelling breath Mild brain impairment (hepatic encephalopathy) Pruritus (itchy skin, but with no visible rash). But as liver disease advances ...

Hepatic encephalopathy: This condition occurs when a person's liver is too damaged to process ammonia as it should. This causes a buildup of ammonia in the blood that eventually travels to the brain, ...

Patients in the ACLF+COVID-19 group were more likely to have hepatic encephalopathy (p=0.015), lower platelet count (p=0.016) and elevated IL-6 level (p=0.026), and higher MELD-Na score (p=0.041) one ...

Introduction: Wernicke encephalopathy is a metabolic disease mainly associated with vitamin B1 deficiency, which is common in chronic alcoholism. Non-alcoholic Wernicke encephalopathy is difficult for ...

Background and Aims: Acute variceal bleed (AVB) is an important precipitating factor for development of hepatic encephalopathy (HE). However, there is paucity of data on the role of lactulose for ...