Lymphatic & Endocrine system Articles

Up to 20 percent of people who develop chronic hepatitis C will eventually succumb to the liver cancer and cirrhosis it can cause. There is no vaccine, so reducing your risk of exposure to infected blood is the best way to protect yourself.

Pain management can be a difficult battle for people living with hepatitis. Medications used to treat pain can aggravate the liver injury and cause severe reactions. This is what you need to know about taking OTC medications with hepatitis.

Sometimes, when we get sick, we need to take medication to help us fight the illness. But, while some types of drugs will cure us, those drugs can also cause complications and liver problems which may lead to serious consequences and sometimes even death.

Alcoholic hepatitis is a severe and often fatal consequence of alcohol abuse. Damage that it causes can reflect far beyond the liver and lead to complications with the brain, kidneys, immune system and more.

Hepatitis C is a virus best known for causing liver inflammation. However, it has also been linked with thyroid problems such as thyroid cancer as well as with hypothyroidism-including autoimmune conditions like Hashimoto’s syndrome.

Hepatitis C is a virus that affects the liver. As the liver tissue takes more damage, certain complications start to emerge. Fatty liver disease is one of them.

Hepatitis C is a serious, and potentially deadly, liver disease. Often times, a medication is required, but each medicine has potential side effects.

Hepatitis D is a liver disease that can only occur in the presence of the hepatitis B virus. But there's a huge difference between getting infected with both viruses at the same time and contracting hepatitis D after hepatitis B.

Hepatitis C is a liver infection that affects millions of people worldwide. While the condition resolves on its own, in some cases, it also often takes the chronic form — which can cause major complications, including liver cancer.

Hepatitis E is more dangerous than you thought, and people in developed countries may be at risk, too. What else didn't you know about this kind of viral hepatitis?