The three most common forms of chronic liver disease in the United States are:3 Viral hepatitis: Hepatitis B and hepatitis C are viral infections that can progress from acute to chronic infection in some people. Alcoholic liver disease (ALD): This is a type of fatty liver disease, also kn...
Both the Department of Energy and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, it said, assessed that “a laboratory-associated incident was the most likely cause of the first human infection with SARS-CoV-2, although for different reasons.” However, the report did conclude that the virus wasn’t gen...
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection affects a large part of the world population. Within the different virological HBV categories that have been identified, patients with occult HBV infection represent a peculiar group. These individuals harbor a replication competent virus, inhibited in its replicative ...
Different strategies can be used to perform a biopsy of the suspected cancer. Often, a needle biopsy of the liver through the belly wall (percutaneousliver biopsy) will be used if it appears that there has been a spread of cancer to the liver. If the tumor remains localized to the pancrea...
While COVID seems more infectious than those two, it also seems less deadly (in terms of the amount of people who died after contracting those infections), which is not always as great as it sounds. Easier transmission results in more cases, making it harder to stop the infection, which ...
A Retrospective Study on the Significance of Liver Biopsy and Hepatitis B Surface Antigen in Chronic Hepatitis B Infection Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text To investigate changes in the HBV replication level along with the natural course of chronic HBV infection and to examine th...
People with increased risk of getting liver cancer, such as those with chronic hepatitis B infection and liver scarring (cirrhosis) due to hepatitis C or other causes, should be screened for liver cancer. Screening involves: A blood test for alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) every 3-6 months ...
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Most people understand that falling from a height or being involved in a car accident can inflict great force and trauma upon the body. If blunt force is involved, the outside of the body may not necessarily be damaged, but enough compression may occur to internal organs to cause injury and...
Only five variables had a significant influence on survival according to log-rank test: sex, previous variceal bleeding, hepatitis B virus infection, portal vein diameter, and size of the spleen. Multivariate Cox's model showed male sex (relative risk 4.6; 95% confidence interval 1.2-16.8) and...