What are called autoimmune diseases can affect just about every part of the body — and tens of millions of people. While most ...

Autoimmune hepatitis quietly damages the liver for years before symptoms appear; specialists in Kenya warn of late diagnoses and urge early medical checks. [File, Standard] When people think about ...

The patient is a 48-year-old white woman who is infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1a; she also has mild associated cryoglobulinemia. She was treated in 1993 with interferon and after 5 ...

A landmark inquiry investigating the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS is set to conclude on Monday. Between the 1970s and early 1990s, patients were given contaminated blood and ...

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AIH with AITD, T1DM, UC, Crohn disease, and celiac disease appear to be significant. However, associations between AIH and PSC/PBC, RA, SLE, SS, and vitiligo are not well-supported. Diagnostic ...

New European study finds that remission in autoimmune hepatitis does not equal recovery, as many patients still face fatigue.

Corticosteroid therapy is effective in all forms of autoimmune hepatitis, and the combination of prednisone and azathioprine is preferred. Remission can be achieved in 80% of patients within 3 years, ...

In India, about 70% of autoimmune disease patients are women, mainly aged between 20 and 50—when hormonal activity and lifestyle factors are at their peak. Autoimmune diseases occur when the body's ...

A Scots woman living with a health condition which causes her body to attack her own liver has written a memoir about her experiences.

When most people think about liver disease, they usually imagine issues caused by drinking too much alcohol or infections like hepatitis B or C. What they don’t often realise is that there is another ...