Liver damage often develops silently but can become life-threatening if ignored. Early signs include fatigue, nausea, itching ...

The liver is a powerhouse that carries out many crucial functions in our body producing essential proteins, hormones and cholesterol. It acts as a filter, removing toxins from the food we eat. However ...

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2009;24(9):1494-1503. Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunting. Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunting (TIPS) creates an iatrogenic intrahepatic shunt a ...

HERNIA is known to be more frequent among patients with cirrhosis of the liver, especially with ascites, than among those without liver disease. Chapman et al. 1 reported a rate of 10 per cent in 58 ...

Morison’s pouch is an area between your liver and your right kidney. It’s also called the hepatorenal recess or right subhepatic space. Morison’s pouch is a potential space that can open up when fluid ...

Hepatic hydrothorax is a respiratory condition that affects people with cirrhosis and other serious liver issues. It occurs when fluid builds up in the pleural space. Hepatic hydrothorax is a ...

A 42-year-old man complaining of abdominal and lower extremity swelling presented for evaluation. The patient was previously healthy until 2 months ago when he noticed swelling of his abdomen and both ...

BEVERLY, MA--(Marketwired - April 25, 2017) - BioVie Inc. (BIVI), a clinical-stage company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of innovative drug therapies for liver disease, ...

Research, headed by teams at Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin, has uncovered how lipid-rich fluid in the abdomen, known as ascites, plays a central role in weakening the body’s ...

ASCITES is a problem frequently encountered and often unsatisfactorily treated. An adjunct in the therapy of ascites has been tried in a limited number of cases and has seemed sufficiently helpful to ...