Primary biliary cirrhosis

Your liver makes a digestive juice called bile. Your gallbladder stores it between meals. When you eat, your gallbladder pushes the bile into tubes called bile ducts. They carry the bile to your small intestine. The bile helps break down fat. It also helps the liver get rid of toxins and wastes.Different diseases can block the bile ducts and cause a problem with the flow of bile:Gallstones, which can increase pressure in the gallbladder and cause a gallbladder attack. The pain usually lasts from one to several hours.CancerInfectionsBirth defects, such as biliary atresia. It is the most common reason for liver transplants in children in the United States.Inflammation, which can cause scarring. Over time, this can lead to liver failure.NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Disease Alternative Name

bile duct diseases

biliary cirrhosis

biliary tract diseases

cholangitis

cholestasis

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Dr. Rajan N. Iyer

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WORLD LIVER Day- The liver is a large, meaty organ that sits on the right side of the belly. Weighing about 3 pounds, the liver is reddish-brown in color and feels rubbery to the touch. Normally you can't feel the liver, because it's pr...See More

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Dr. Uday Sanglodkar

Gastroenterology

Difference Between PBC and PSC Primary biliary cirrhosis and Primary sclerosing cholangitis.....!

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Dr. Raj Pandey Mishra

Family Medicine

A 48-year-old woman complains of pruritis, steatorrhoea and bruising. On examination, she is jaundiced, pigmented with spider naevi and hepatosplenomegaly. What is the most likely underlying diagnosis? 1) autoimmune hepatitis 2) primary b...See More

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Dr. Ila Jain

Pathology

A 15 year old boy from Ghana has the acute onset of right upper quadrant abdominal pain. Abdominal ultrasound reveals a dilated gall bladder with thickened wall and filled with calculus. A laparoscopic cholecystectomy is performed. The gall...See More

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