Your liver performs vital, life - supporting functions.
Protect this precious organ from over 100 known diseases
There are many potential causes of liver disease. Many people with liver disease do not look or feel sick while the damage is happening. Once symptoms appear, it is often too late to reverse the damage. Early identification of the cause may help to reverse the damage.
Common Causes of Liver Diseases
Treatments We Offer
Acute viral hepatitis A and E infections
They are usually food or waterborne in the transmission. These usually cause self limiting (resolves on its own) illness but may also cause protracted symptoms of jaundice, vomiting, itching and rarely liver failure. Treatment is supportive and prevention is by improving the water and food sanitation.
Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C infections
Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C infections have multiple routes of transmission. These usually cause chronic hepatitis which may progress to liver cirrhosis and its complications and cancer. Hepatitis B vaccine is effective and safe way to prevent hepatitis B. There are many other ways to prevent hepatitis B infection. Safe and effective drugs are available to treat these infections. Early and effective treatment is clearly shown to improve long term results and avoid complications.
Fatty liver disease
It is characterised by excessive accumulation of fat in the liver. It is commonly associated with obesity, diabetes mellitus and hyperlipidemia. It can be asymptomatic initially and can slowly progress to liver cirrhosis and liver cancer. It can easily be modified or treated effectively by adopting healthy lifestyle and losing weight. It is also one of the few preventable causes of liver cirrhosis and liver cancer.
More Services offered
- Alcohol related liver disease.
- Liver failure.
- Drug induced liver diseases.
- Autoimmune liver disease like Autoimmune hepatitis, Primary biliary cirrhosis, Primary sclerosing cholangitis.
- Budd chiary syndrome.
- Portal vein obstructions.
- Liver cancers.
- Liver transplantation.