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How is PBC diagnosed?

Most patients with PBC show alterations in blood tests that reflect liver function. As the PBC affects the bile ducts, abnormalities detected in the blood are similar to those that occur when there is obstruction of the bile ducts. By practically constant, should be an ultrasound of the liver and bile ducts to exclude obstruction, and in some cases, it is necessary to perform an ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography). With this test, you get an X-ray image of the network of bile ducts and pancreas.

In the blood of 95% of patients are detected each antibody called anti-mitochondrial antibodies (AMA). These antibodies are almost unique to CBP, and are considered the key marker of the autoimmune process that underlies the disease. Read the rest of this entry »

What are the symptoms of primary biliary cirrhosis?

Initially it was believed that the CBP affected all patients in the same way, producing pruritus (itching) and severe jaundice, which quickly led to the diagnosis. Many patients developed serious complications of liver disease. However, we now know that these patients represent only a small proportion of all those affected by CBP.

Performing increasingly frequent blood tests, makes the vast majority of patients are diagnosed with the disease in much milder stages. When diagnosed, more than half of patients can be completely well and symptom free. These cases are usually detected only if they show abnormal results in routine blood analysis. The two most common symptoms are: Read the rest of this entry »

What is primary biliary cirrhosis?

Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a chronic inflammatory disease of slow progression of liver. So called because the lesion begins around the small intrahepatic bile ducts, not obstruction (gallstones) the extrahepatic duct, a larger diameter. In advanced stages of the disease, the liver is a fibrous healing process is what defines cirrhosis. However, most patients have only a slight fibrosis and cirrhosis in the strict sense.

Who is affected?

PBC affects all age groups, but most patients are diagnosed between 40 and 70 years of age.

90% of sufferers are women. Read the rest of this entry »

Usually recommended antibiotics taken by mouth because there is a risk that the infection spreads to the kidneys.

* For a simple bladder infection you take antibiotics over 3 days (women) or 7 to 14 days (males). For a bladder infection with complications such as pregnancy, or diabetes, or a minor kidney infection, usually take antibiotics for 7 to 14 days.
* It is important that you finish all the antibiotics, even if you feel better. People who do not finish their antibiotics may have an infection that is more difficult to treat.

Commonly used antibiotics include trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, amoxicillin, Augmentin, doxycycline and fluoroquinolones. The doctor will also need to know if you might be pregnant. Read the rest of this entry »

A user in our forum thread left on a brief he needed treatment for liver and kidneys, without explaining more about the subject. Fortunately, several users have made suggestions that are interesting to him and to you reading this article.

One of them suggested, “to the liver can eat boiled artichoke daily, as often as you can.” Meanwhile, for the kidneys suggested camomile tea prepared with corn silk, drinking it daily.

Other users made the following suggestions: “for the care and recovery of the liver, milk thistle extract milky and lipoic acid and a diet low in fat. For kidney damage, you can make low-protein diet, make carrot juice with lime juice and honey fasting. You can also take echinacea to raise your defenses, but no more than two weeks. ” Read the rest of this entry »