Hepatitis Medical Reference

Find out more about the GGT test. Doctors use this test to help diagnose issues with your liver, like cancer and hepatitis.

If you want to become a living liver donor, you've made a choice that may save someone's life. But your decision to help is just the first step. The process for approval by a transplant center includes a physical exam, medical tests, mental health checks, and a lot more.

Find out how living donors benefit those in need of a liver transplant, from shorter recovery time to higher success rate and more.

Your liver is the largest internal organ in your body -- and has a bunch of important jobs to do. Find out how it filters out toxins, helps break down the food you eat, and builds proteins that keep your body in good repair.

When your liver isn't working the way it should, it affects your body in a big way. Find out about diseases that cause liver failure, and when it may be time to consider a liver transplant.

If you want to donate part of your liver to someone who needs a transplant, the two of you must be a good match. To make sure surgery goes well for both of you, doctors look at things like blood type, body size, and age.

Your HCV viral load test tells you how much hepatitis C virus is in your blood. The load count will help your doctor decide on the best treatment, and measure how well it works.

Liver disease (hepatic disease) is any disease that negatively affects the normal, healthy performance of the liver. Learn more about types of liver problems and their causes at WebMD.

Learn about symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment for this severe form of hepatitis that you can only get if you have hepatitis B.

False results for hepatitis C screening tests happen more often than you might think. Learn what false positive or false negative tests mean, and what to do about them.

Some people turn to complementary treatments to help relieve symptoms or because their current medicine isn't working for them. Find out whether herbal supplements could help or hurt.

You may have heard stories about hepatitis C and wonder if they're true. Here are some common myths about the virus that may show you it's not as scary as you might have thought.

Hepatitis C can be mild or serious, lasting a few weeks or a lifetime. Learn more about the paths the condition can take.

You might think that hepatitis C only happens in adults, but children get the liver disease, too. Find out how kids can get it, the ways doctors diagnose the disease, and what kind of medicine treats it.

Hepatitis C affects women differently than men. See how the virus and treatments affect sexual health, pregnancy, breastfeeding, birth control choices, and menopause choices.

Milk thistle, also known as silymarin, has been used for hundreds of years as an herbal remedy for liver problems. What is it? And can it really help your liver?

If you’re living with liver disease, you’ll want to know your MELD score. It can be your key to receiving a lifesaving transplant should you need one.

You may be tempted to try alternative or natural remedies for your hepatitis C. Here’s what may help -- and what you should avoid.

Learn about the symptoms of the two stages of cirrhosis called compensated and decompensated, and find out what to expect as you move from one stage to another.

What is toxic liver disease or hepatotoxicity? Learn about the symptoms, causes and treatments.

Fulminant Hepatitis can cause you to go into sudden liver failure. Learn more about the symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of the is condition.

Hepatitis E is a virus that affects your liver. Learn more about how it spreads, common symptoms, and what to do if you are dignosed.

If you have hepatitis C, a team of doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals give you treatment and care.

Coffee not only helps get you through the day, it can be good for your liver, too. It may help keep disease away, and it might help fight a liver illness if you have one.

Hepatitis C can damage more than your liver. Here’s what the virus can do to your skin, hair, and nails.