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is Fibrosis same as Hepa C?
just got my liver biopsy result and my Gastro Doctor said I have Liver Fibrosis which is Stage 3. Is this the same as Hepa C? Dr. said there is no medical treatment to reverse it. Anybody please help answer?
thank you everyone for your inputs. I will definitely check the sites and hospitals given. Thank you HectorSF, pooh55811 and Diana66.
God bless you all.
God bless you all.
I have a friend with cirrhosis that is going to Northwestern Memorial and would recommend them.
'Probably I got the infections in my doses of insulin.'
You can't get hepatitis C from insulin. Hep C is a blood to blood disease.
Northwestern Memorial
The Division of Hepatology provides outpatient and inpatient diagnosis management and treatment of liver diseases, including:
Hepatitis A, B & C
Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)
Cholestatic Liver Disease
Hereditary hemochromatosis
Wilson's disease
Autoimmune hepatitis
Cirrhosis
Toxic liver injury
Alcoholic liver disease
Appointments
To make an appointment with a physician, please call 1-877-926-4664.
New patients can request an appointment online.
Good luck.
Hector
'Probably I got the infections in my doses of insulin.'
You can't get hepatitis C from insulin. Hep C is a blood to blood disease.
Northwestern Memorial
The Division of Hepatology provides outpatient and inpatient diagnosis management and treatment of liver diseases, including:
Hepatitis A, B & C
Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)
Cholestatic Liver Disease
Hereditary hemochromatosis
Wilson's disease
Autoimmune hepatitis
Cirrhosis
Toxic liver injury
Alcoholic liver disease
Appointments
To make an appointment with a physician, please call 1-877-926-4664.
New patients can request an appointment online.
Good luck.
Hector
I don't personally know a Hepatologist is Chicago. However, if I were you, I would try to find a Hepatologist who is affiliated with a universtity medical center. Here is a link which lists some Hepatologists in Chicago. You can see that some are affiliated with Rush University Medical Center, some are affiliated with the University of Chicago, some are affiliated with University of Illinois at Chicago, and some are affiliated with Northwestern University:
http://www.vitals.com/specialists/hepatologists/illinois/chicago
Perhaps someone else on the forum knows a specific doctor in Chicago. Otherwise you could look at those in that link above.
Also, here are links to some university affiliated medical centers in Chicago:
http://www.uic.edu/com/dom/hepatology/
http://www.rush.edu/rumc/page-R11698.html
http://www.nmh.org/nm/hepatology-overview
http://www.uchospitals.edu/specialties/gi/liver/index.html
Best of luck.
http://www.vitals.com/specialists/hepatologists/illinois/chicago
Perhaps someone else on the forum knows a specific doctor in Chicago. Otherwise you could look at those in that link above.
Also, here are links to some university affiliated medical centers in Chicago:
http://www.uic.edu/com/dom/hepatology/
http://www.rush.edu/rumc/page-R11698.html
http://www.nmh.org/nm/hepatology-overview
http://www.uchospitals.edu/specialties/gi/liver/index.html
Best of luck.
I am really sorry for what you go through right now. As bad as it appears there is always hope
You cannot get hep c through your insulin doses
From your post it is not clear if you tested positive for hep c
From what you said in your first post you only have been told that you have fibrosis. This is only the damage to the liver and IT IS NOT a result of only hep c, There are several other possibilities
Firstly make sure that you ask your doctor if they tested you for hep A, B and C
You cannot get hep c through your insulin doses
From your post it is not clear if you tested positive for hep c
From what you said in your first post you only have been told that you have fibrosis. This is only the damage to the liver and IT IS NOT a result of only hep c, There are several other possibilities
Firstly make sure that you ask your doctor if they tested you for hep A, B and C
thank you Ms. Diana and Mr. HectorSF for the response. I am Type 2 Diabetic, Insulin-dependent, Hypertensive, with Sleep Apnea and now, with Liver Fibrosis. I dont know what else could I have. this is too much painful. emotional, mental & physical. Probably I got the infections in my doses of insulin.
Does anyone know a liver/hepa Dr. in Chicago, IL USA?
Does anyone know a liver/hepa Dr. in Chicago, IL USA?
'I have Liver Fibrosis which is Stage 3. Is this the same as Hepa C? Dr. said there is no medical treatment to reverse it.'
Liver fibrosis is the damage done to your liver by the hepatitis C virus over many years and perhaps decades of infection.
By treating and curing your hepatitis C you can stop the continuing damage to your liver which causes fibrosis of the liver. Your liver can then heal itself.
You should consider treating your hepatitis C soon. If you wait any longer your hepatitis will be more difficult to cure and your liver disease will be only be partially reversible.
Good luck.
Hector
Liver fibrosis is the damage done to your liver by the hepatitis C virus over many years and perhaps decades of infection.
By treating and curing your hepatitis C you can stop the continuing damage to your liver which causes fibrosis of the liver. Your liver can then heal itself.
You should consider treating your hepatitis C soon. If you wait any longer your hepatitis will be more difficult to cure and your liver disease will be only be partially reversible.
Good luck.
Hector
What is liver fibrosis?
Liver fibrosis is the scarring process that represents the liver’s response to injury. In the same way as skin and other organs heal wounds through deposition of collagen and other matrix constituents so the liver repairs injury through the deposition of new collagen. Over time this process can result in cirrhosis of the liver, in which the architectural organization of the functional units of the liver becomes so disrupted that blood flow through the liver and liver function become disrupted. Once cirrhosis has developed, the serious complications of liver disease may occur, including portal hypertension, liver failure and liver cancer. The risk of liver cancer is greatly increased once cirrhosis develops, and cirrhosis should be considered to be a pre-malignant condition. Cirrhosis and liver cancer are now among the top ten causes of death worldwide, and in many developed countries liver disease is now one of the top 5 causes of death in middle-age.1,2
The biology of liver fibrosis
The main liver cells that produce matrix are Hepatic Stellate Cells (HSC). This resident cell population exist in a resting phenotype as the body’s major store of vitamin A. However on activation they transform to adopt a myofibroblast phenotype capable of secreting collagen. This fibrous tissue can then be remodelled through digestion of matrix by matrix metaloproteinases (MMPs). In turn the digestion of matrix is checked through the inhibition of MMPs by tissue inhibitors of matrixmetaloproteinases (TIMPs) of which TIMP-1 is of major importance. Liver fibrosis, previously thought to be merely the accumulation of scar tissue, is now recognised to be a dynamic process that can progress or regress over periods as short as months.3
What are the causes of liver fibrosis?
All chronic liver diseases (CLD) can lead to liver fibrosis. Over many years the principle causes of CLD have been chronic viral hepatitis B (CHB) and alcoholic liver disease (ALD). While rates of alcoholism and ALD are falling in many countries, hazardous drinking amongst young people is resulting in alarming rates of ALD in several northern European countries.4,5 Over the last few decades two other diseases have emerged to make a major contribution to the burden of CLD. Chronic hepatitis C (CHC) and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are recognised to have already had a major impact on CLD incidence. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is transmitted in blood and blood products through unsafe injection practices and the therapeutic use of infected blood products. It is thought that the world prevalence of CHC is nearly 200 million people.6,7 In the developed world with rapidly increasing rates of obesity, NAFLD is considered to represent a major cause of significant fibrosis. Although it appears that only a minority of patients with NAFLD (maybe 20%) develop significant fibrosis, due to the vast prevalence of the at-risk overweight population, NAFLD may give rise to an epidemic of liver fibrosis.8,9
You can read the rest of this article to this link
http://healthcare.siemens.com/clinical-specialities/liver-disease/what-is-liver-fibrosis
Liver fibrosis is the scarring process that represents the liver’s response to injury. In the same way as skin and other organs heal wounds through deposition of collagen and other matrix constituents so the liver repairs injury through the deposition of new collagen. Over time this process can result in cirrhosis of the liver, in which the architectural organization of the functional units of the liver becomes so disrupted that blood flow through the liver and liver function become disrupted. Once cirrhosis has developed, the serious complications of liver disease may occur, including portal hypertension, liver failure and liver cancer. The risk of liver cancer is greatly increased once cirrhosis develops, and cirrhosis should be considered to be a pre-malignant condition. Cirrhosis and liver cancer are now among the top ten causes of death worldwide, and in many developed countries liver disease is now one of the top 5 causes of death in middle-age.1,2
The biology of liver fibrosis
The main liver cells that produce matrix are Hepatic Stellate Cells (HSC). This resident cell population exist in a resting phenotype as the body’s major store of vitamin A. However on activation they transform to adopt a myofibroblast phenotype capable of secreting collagen. This fibrous tissue can then be remodelled through digestion of matrix by matrix metaloproteinases (MMPs). In turn the digestion of matrix is checked through the inhibition of MMPs by tissue inhibitors of matrixmetaloproteinases (TIMPs) of which TIMP-1 is of major importance. Liver fibrosis, previously thought to be merely the accumulation of scar tissue, is now recognised to be a dynamic process that can progress or regress over periods as short as months.3
What are the causes of liver fibrosis?
All chronic liver diseases (CLD) can lead to liver fibrosis. Over many years the principle causes of CLD have been chronic viral hepatitis B (CHB) and alcoholic liver disease (ALD). While rates of alcoholism and ALD are falling in many countries, hazardous drinking amongst young people is resulting in alarming rates of ALD in several northern European countries.4,5 Over the last few decades two other diseases have emerged to make a major contribution to the burden of CLD. Chronic hepatitis C (CHC) and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are recognised to have already had a major impact on CLD incidence. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is transmitted in blood and blood products through unsafe injection practices and the therapeutic use of infected blood products. It is thought that the world prevalence of CHC is nearly 200 million people.6,7 In the developed world with rapidly increasing rates of obesity, NAFLD is considered to represent a major cause of significant fibrosis. Although it appears that only a minority of patients with NAFLD (maybe 20%) develop significant fibrosis, due to the vast prevalence of the at-risk overweight population, NAFLD may give rise to an epidemic of liver fibrosis.8,9
You can read the rest of this article to this link
http://healthcare.siemens.com/clinical-specialities/liver-disease/what-is-liver-fibrosis
Hi and welcome to this forum
No, fibrosis it is not the same with hep c. Fibrosis is a result of having hep c for quite long time and not only
Liver fibrosis can also be a results of other factors (alcohols, hep B, drug induced, autoimmune liver disease)
Have you been tested for hep B and hep C and if so what was the result?
Fibrosis will reverse as long as the agent provoking it is eliminated. Liver has the amazing capacity to heal itself in time. Treatment is specific to each patient depending on the conditions
I can only suggest you go to a Hepatologist specialized in liver disease and not to a gastro doctor
No, fibrosis it is not the same with hep c. Fibrosis is a result of having hep c for quite long time and not only
Liver fibrosis can also be a results of other factors (alcohols, hep B, drug induced, autoimmune liver disease)
Have you been tested for hep B and hep C and if so what was the result?
Fibrosis will reverse as long as the agent provoking it is eliminated. Liver has the amazing capacity to heal itself in time. Treatment is specific to each patient depending on the conditions
I can only suggest you go to a Hepatologist specialized in liver disease and not to a gastro doctor
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