Liver Disease
Elizabeth Batt
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Where can you go to research the latest studies into PBC?
Tell someone that you have cancer and you immediately feel the sympathy waves. Tell someone that you have PBC and probably what you'll get is "Huh?"
Welcome to the vicious circle of what I call the fat-itch syndrome. You're exhausted anyway and sleep deprivation from itching just makes things magnify beyond belief. So what can you do?
Some people with PBC are asymptomatic, meaning that they show no symptoms of the disease at all. Others however, can have a horrible time.
For those who fail to respond to UDCA therapy, Colchicine may be prescribed instead, but how effective is this drug?
Although there is no cure for PBC at present, one medication has proven to be beneficial in preventing the disease from progressing.
PBC and Fibromyalgia - Connected Illnesses?
PBC and Fibromyalgia can sometimes go hand-in-hand with one another. Are these illnesses more alike than we know?
If you've been tested for PBC and your doctor believes you to have the disease, then he'll probably recommend that you have a liver biopsy done. Why?
There is a certain path that is followed when PBC is suspected. If you have initial suspicions of PBC or your primary care physician does, then the following article will tell you what process you can expect to go through.
As well as indirect symptoms linked to PBC – such as gallbladder problems, there are some symptoms that are specific to PBC itself.