HEPATITIS & LIVER DISEASES

European Association for the Study of Liver| European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition| Emirates Gastroenterology and Hepatology Society| German Liver Foundation| German associations for study of the Liver| EUROLIVER foundation| European Society for Organ Transplantation| British Association for the Study of the Liver– BASL| British society of Gastroenterology| British Liver Trust| Yemeni Study Association for Liver, Biliary / GIT Diseases (YSALBG)| Jordanian Society of Gastroenterology & Hepatology| Irish Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology| Danish Society for Gastroenterology and Hepatology (DSGH)| Czech Gastroenterology and Hepatology Society| European Liver Patients' Association| CLDF - Children's Liver Disease Charity| Foundation For Liver Research London.

ALS American Liver Society| American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases| Childrens Liver Association For Support| Canadian Liver Foundation| The Kellner Pediatric Liver Foundation| American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (AHPBA)| International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association (IHPBA)| Latin American Association for the Study of the Liver (ALEH)| International Association for the Study of the Liver (IASL)| Children's Liver Disease Foundation (CLDF)| Children's Liver Disease Foundation |Liver Care Canada.

The Asia-Pacific Primary Liver Cancer Expert Association | The Asian Pacific Association of Gastroenterology | Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver| Gastroenterological Society of Australia | Taiwan Liver Cancer Association | The Korean Association for the Study of the Liver| Australia and New Zealand Hepatic Pancreatic and Biliary Association Incorporated | Australian Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Association | Philippine Society of General Surgeons | Gastroenterological Society of Australia | Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endosurgeon| Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society(JGES) | Gastroenterological Society of Singapore | Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology | Malaysian Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology | New Zealand Society of Gastroenterology| The Ohio Gastroenterology Society| Philippines Society of Gastroenterology | Saudi Gastroenterology Association| The Coalition for the Eradication of Viral Hepatitis in Asia Pacific.

The African Association of patients with liver disease| ALPA African Liver Patients Association| Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in Nigeria.

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Track 1-1Acute infection
Track 1-2Chronic infection
Track 1-3Liver cirrhosis
Track 1-4Fulminant Hepatic Failure
Track 1-5Latent HBV Infection
Track 1-6Extrahepatic Manifestation of Hepatitis B

Track 2 : Viral Hepatitis A,D&E

Hepatitis A

Now a days hepatitis A is a commonly causing viral disease which causes inflammation in the liver. It is caused by hepatitis A virus. It is a short term disease that will not develop to the chronic disorder. This virus is transmitted from one person to another through faecal-oral infection (food or drinks that has been contaminated with stool of a person who already affected by this virus) . HAV commonly spread in those areas where poor sanitary conditions or where good personal cleanliness is not observed well.

Hepatitis D

It is additionally referred to as delta virus. HDV(Hepatitis D virus) is an RNA virus it needs hepatitis B virus to replicate. HDV causes illness only in those patients who have the hepatitis B virus. Transmission happens through infected blood, needles, or sexual contact from an infected person. HDV infection can be prevented by the hepatitis B vaccine and avoiding those activities that results in attain this virus. Those that don’t seem to be vaccinated to HBV square measure in danger of obtaining this viral disease that result in cause hepatitis D.

Hepatitis E

Hepatitis E is an infectious disease which causes inflammation in the liver. It is caused by hepatitis E virus. According to resent survey 20 million cases of hepatitis E infection are been registered. and 44,000 of these cases resulted in death. It is more common in developing countries. Hepatitis E usually resolves by itself, but may develop into acute liver failure.

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Track 3 : Gastroenterology

Gastroenterology emphases on digestive system and its syndromes which contain numerous organs from mouth to anus, along with alimentary canal. It comprises a detailed understanding of the physiology of the gastrointestinal organs as well as the motility of food through the stomach and intestine, the digestion and absorption of nutrients into the body, removal of waste from the digestive system, and the function of the liver as a digestive organ.

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Track 4 : Viral Hepatitis C

Hepatitis C is the viral infectious disease which causes inflammation in the liver. It can be either acute or chronic. Hepatitis C caused by the Hepatitis C virus (HCV). HCV can be transferred by exposure to infected blood, intravenous drug abuse with the use of contaminated. Some people who experience the hepatitis C virus for short time (up to six months) and then they get better on their own. This is called acute Hepatitis C. But most of the people (around 75% – 85%) will go on to develop chronic (long-term) Hepatitis C, it means doesn’t go away. Worldwide, viral hepatitis kills more than one million people each year, and more than 350 million people are chronically infected with Hepatitis C. Hepatitis C virus doesn’t show any symptoms or very mild symptoms in the early stage. Many people don’t have an idea that they are suffering from hepatitis c virus until liver damage show up. Sometimes they get to know by routine medical testing. The recent significant advancements in treating hepatitis C build-up the improvements over the previous two decades to transform hepatitis C from a chronic, fatal disease, to an infection that with new and upcoming treatments, can be potentially cured.

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Track 5 : Gastroenterstinal surgery

Surgery in common terms is used to remove a cancerous or noncancerous growth or damaged part of the body. Gastrointestinal surgery is a treatment for diseases of the parts of the body involved in digestion. This includes the oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, and rectum. It also includes the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas. Minor surgical procedures are used to screen and diagnose problems of the digestive system.

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Gastrectomy
Laparoscopy Surgery
Colectomy

Track 6 : Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Hepatocellular carcinoma is that the primary distortion for the foremost liver cancers. This kind of carcinoma occurs in principally in men as compare to women and typically seen in individuals age fifty and higher. It is commonly related with liver cirrhosis and hepatitis. The incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma is highest in Asia and Africa, wherever the endemic high prevalence of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C strongly predisposes to the event of chronic disease and subsequent development of Hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC). Other risk factors can include a history of alcohol abuse. Hepatocellular carcinoma is that the third leading reason for cancer deaths worldwide, with manifested 16–32 times higher in developing countries than in developed countries. Several studies have incontestable that 10%-25% of HCC develops in those person who already suffered with chronic Hepatitis B. Hepatitis B carriers have the life time risk of getting Hepatocellular carcinoma sickness.

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Track 7 : Gastroenterstinal Immunology

Gastrointestinal immunology deals with the immune reaction of the gastrointestinal tract to the external stimulus. Failure in responding is important as it deals with the function of gastrointestinal tract system. This field of science is rendering a new scope in development in terms of research. The latest developments in organ transplantation of the liver and gut is example for the progress in treatment of gastrointestinal immunology

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Autoimmune liver diseases
Autoimmune pancreatitis
Gastrointestinal microbiota
Immunology Treatment
Gut immunology

Track 8 : Liver Fibrosis

Liver fibrosis is the scarring methodology that represents to the liver's response to harm. Similarly as skin and distinctive organs mend wounds through testimony of collagen and other lattice constituents so the liver repairs harm through the statement of new collagen. After some time this procedure can bring about cirrhosis of the liver, in which the structural association of the useful units of the liver turns out to be disrupted to the point that blood move through the liver and liver capacity wind up upset. When cirrhosis has built up, the genuine confusions of liver ailment may happen, including portal hypertension, liver failure and liver cancer. Cirrhosis and liver cancer are currently the ten reasons for death around the world, and in many developing countries liver infection is presently one of the main 5 reasons for death in middle-age.

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Track 9 : (HCV/HIV) Co-infection and Superinfection

Co-infection includes instantaneous infection of a single cell by two or additional virus particles (when an individual gets infected with two different strains of HIV at once. Super-infection is when a person gets infected by one strain of HIV and after time gets infected with a second and different strain of HIV. Experts estimate that concerning forty per cent of patients with HIV area unit co-infected with viral hepatitis.

HCV is transmitted some of the same way as HIV and viral hepatitis. HIV not only increases the risk of liver damage but it also speed up the liver cancer which may leads to cause damage faster.

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Track 10 : Hepato-Biliary Diseases

Hepatobilary disease is a heterogenous group of disease of the liver and biliary system. This disease caused due to bacterial, viral, parasitic infection, poor nutrition, alcohol consumption, metabolic disorder, neoplasia, toxic chemicals, and cardiac failure. The two predominant disease of the liver are Hepatitis and Cirrhosis. And the predominant disease of biliary system is cholelithiasis.

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Track 11 : Hemochromatosis

Hemochromatosis (iron storage disease) is a hereditary disease in which the body ingests too much iron with food. This can lead to serious organ damage after decades. The liver is usually affected first, other endangered organs such as the pancreas, the heart and the pituitary gland. The disease is from birth and lifelong. In the final stage, hemochromatosis can lead to liver cirrhosis and liver cancer.

The iron storage disease is inherited and is due to an error in chromosome 6. If a person inherits two defective chromosomes from his parents, the disease can break out. Those who only inherit a defective chromosome 6 remain healthy, but can in turn pass on the genetic defect to their children.

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Track 12 : Hepatitis Diagnosis and Treatment

Screening for the Liver diseases has been promoted with the intention of intervening to halt its progression. Abnormal liver tests are those that measure synthesis of proteins made by the liver (albumin, coagulation factors) or the liver's ability to use drugs. The impact of diagnosis of Hepatitis C virus on quality of life is worse in patient’s conscious of their viral status compared with individual’s unconscious of their viral status.

Treatment for liver sickness relies upon diagnosis report. Some liver issues is treated with way of life adjustments, for example lifestyle modifications, such as stopping alcohol use or losing weight, generally as a part of a medical program that features careful observing of liver perform. A different liver issue is additionally treated with medications or might need surgery.

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Track 13 : Pediatric Hepatology

Hepatology is a branch of gastroenterology, which incorporates the finding and treatment of issues of the digestive system. A pediatric hepatologist is a gastroenterolgist with assist guideline and planning in treating s of the liver in youngsters. The Pediatric Hepatology offers comprehensive inpatient, outpatient and lab administrations to survey and treat new conceived kids, children and youngsters with gastrointestinal issue, celiac infection and EOE. In the United States, one out of five youngsters has endless stomach torment. 40% of children are generally overweight or powerful, and 10% experience the evil impacts of a powerlessness to thrive.

Interrelationship between the puerile cholangiopathies and scarcity of the intrahepatic bile channels

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Track 14 : Hepatitis Vaccination

The best way to protect from hepatitis by taking Hepatitis vaccine. Vaccination is safe and recommended for all. Hepatitis C virus varies as compared to the Hepatitis A & B viruses. 20 years before efforts are stated for identification of vaccine for Hepatitis C. Hepatitis C virus occurs in at least six genetically distinct forms with 50 subtypes. A global vaccine would have to protect against these entire several viruses. Hepatitis vaccine can prevent hepatitis and its consequences, including liver cancer and cirrhosis.

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Track 15 : Epidemiology of Hepatitis

Active hepatic inflammation plays a pivotal role in the inflammation- necrosis-regeneration process, which eventually leads to liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.

Hepatitis disease is an acute systematic illness with major pathology in liver. Hepatitis B virus is the 10th most leading cause of the death and hepatitis regarding hepatocellular carcinoma is the 5th most frequent cancer worldwide. 2 billion individuals have been infected because of this disease worldwide. Out of 2 billion people, 350 million are chronically infected. One million individuals die each year from hepatitis. The implementation of certain effective vaccination programs in several countries has resulted in an exceedingly major decrease in the new Hepatitis B infection.

The range of clinical manifestation of hepatitis virus infection varies in both acute and chronic diseases. Throughout the acute phase, manifestations vary from anicteric hepatitis to icteric hepatitis and in some of the cases fulminant hepatitis. And at the time of chronic phase, manifestations vary from an asymptomatic carrier state to chronic hepatitis, hepatocellular carcinoma.

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Track 16 : Primary biliary cholangitis(PBC)

Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is a rare autoimmune liver disease affecting women in 90% of cases. First, the bile ducts in the liver are attacked and destroyed by inflammation. In the long term, the inflammation spreads to the entire liver tissue and can lead to cirrhosis in the final stages.

The originally used name "primary biliary cirrhosis" was misleading as PBC can now be diagnosed at very early stages, long before cirrhosis occurs. Thanks to early diagnoses and therapies, two-thirds of PBC patients today no longer develop cirrhosis at all. The cirrhosis word often led to uncertainty in the initial diagnosis of patients.

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Track 17 : Liver Diseases

Liver play an important role in the bodily fuctions. It can be affected by any kind of illness. When the liver starts damaging it will regenerate the new cells by it-self. When the damage occur continuously leads to cirrhosis which gives the permanent scars to the liver tissues. Comlications of liver disease vary, depending on the cause of your liver problems. Untreated liver disease may progress to liver failure, life-threatening conditions.

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Track 18 : Liver Surgery and Transplant

Liver transplantation is that the surgery that's performed to eradicate a pathologic liver so as to exchange it with a healthy one. Such surgeries have been done for 38 years. Many people who have had liver transplants go on to lead perfectly normal lives. Liver disease severe enough to require a liver transplant will come back from several causes. In adults, the most common reason for liver transplantation is cirrhosis. In children, the most common reason for liver transplantation is biliary atresia. And alternative reasons for transplantation are liver cancer, benign liver tumors, and hereditary diseases. The liver is concerned in numerous metabolic functions in our body as well as metabolism of medication and toxins, removing degradation product of normal body metabolism (for example clearance of ammonia and animal pigment from the blood), and synthesis of the many necessary proteins and enzymes (such as factors necessary for blood to clot).

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Track 19 : Liver Inflammation and Immunology

Liver inflammation is a reaction that happens when liver cells are attacked by an ailment expediting microorganism or substance. The word hepatitis implies liver inflammation. Most type of hepatitis result from viral illness, regardless of the way that once in a while it is expedited by a immune system issue, in which the body's sheltered system ambushes liver cells since it can't separate between hazardous trespassers and strong liver tissue. Harm to the liver from alcohol, poisons, and certain prescriptions can in like manner realize aggravation. Liver Immunology suggests the extraordinary association between the liver and the resistant framework. Livers hose down resistance to such an extent, to the point that they can be transplanted without expulsion here and there. Livers might be persevered, and in addition keep the expulsion of other organ joins from a comparable supporter, a technique known as invulnerable resistance.

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Track 20 : Metabolic Liver Diseases

Metabolic liver disease is a syndrome during which imbalance of chemical process within the body disrupt the body’s metabolism. When this happens, if the body has too much of some substances or too little of others to stay healthy.

Metabolic liver diseases are still considered by many as a rare diagnosis, although situation has positively modified in recent times. With recent advancements and wider accessibility of newer techniques, several of those are currently amenable to diagnosing and optimum management. Though the logistics involved are still out of reach of a significant proportion of our population, a stepwise and methodological approach with simple diagnostic tests can help point towards a probable diagnosis (with resultant directed investigations), helping to avoid unnecessary and costly workup. This assessment focuses on diagnostic protocol-based approach to common metabolic liver diseases encountered often in paediatric hepatology.

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Track 21 : Clinical Trials

The aims of clinical analysis studies are to learn more regarding the Hepatitis C virus. However it replicates, what causes the damage to the liver and develop vaccination towards this virus. Research in hepatitis is vital as a result of numerous individuals are becoming afflicted with liver disease once a year.

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Track 22 : Drug Induced Liver Injury

Drugs are the main reason for liver damage. More than 900 drugs, poisons, and herbs have been accounted for to cause liver damage, and drug represents 20 to 40 percent of all instances of fulminant hepatic Failure. Around seventy five percent of the idiosyncratic drug reaction results in liver transplantation or demise. Drug initiated hepatic damage is the most widely recognized reason referred to for withdrawal of an approved drug. Knowledge of the commonly involved agents and a high file of suspicion are essential in diagnosis.

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Track 23 : Pancreas

Pancreas is one of the master chemists of the body that produce hormones exocrine and endocrine to assist in the digestion of food. It consists of different types of pancreatic cells. The exocrine cells include acinar cells and the endocrine cells are present in clusters of cells called the islets of Langerhans. The Islets of Langerhans function ith the help of pancreatic alpha, beta, delta and gamma cells. The gall bladder is small sac-shaped organ beneath the liver, in which bile is stored after secretion by the liver and before release into the intestine. Genetic screening studies have helped identify gene mutations that lead to pancreatic diseases and in identifying the changes in the pancreatic cells affected by diseases.

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Track 24 : Non-viral Hepatitis

Non-viral hepatitis is the inflammation occur in the liver that can cause liver cirrhosis, liver failure, liver cancer, and death. This inflammation may be a side effect of additional condition such as, chickenpox, mononucleosis, alcohol and drug abuse, trauma and development of fat in the liver. Autoimmune conditions of a person also cause non-viral hepatitis. So it is also known as Autoimmune hepatitis.

There are three types of non-viral hepatitis:-

1. Toxic hepatitis: - Toxic hepatitis is caused by chemicals, drugs (prescription and over-the-counter) and nutritional supplements.

2. Alcoholic hepatitis: - Alcoholic hepatitis is caused by drinking too much alcohol, which harms the liver. See a doctor if you have symptoms of alcoholic hepatitis or if you can’t control your drinking. Your doctor can help you find ways to stop.

3. Autoimmune hepatitis:-Autoimmune hepatitis is caused by the immune system attacking the liver. The immune system will attack the liver for unknown reasons, inflicting inflammation, liver scarring, liver cancer and liver failure. Some diseases and certain toxic substances and medicines can cause this to happen.

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Track 25 : Hepatotoxicity

Hepatotoxicity indicates chemical-driven liver damage. Liver play vital role in removal of toxicity from the blood. When medicinal agents are taken in higher dose or typically even once introduced at intervals therapeutic ranges. Chemicals that cause liver injury are known as hepatoxins. There are 900 and above that are involved as inflicting liver injuries and it's the foremost common reason for a drug not be approved to sale within the market.

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Track 26 : Hepatic Encephalopathy

It is a hepatic neurological disorder defines the range of potentially alterable neuropsychiatric abnormalities seen in patients with liver dysfunction after exclusion of unrelated neurologic and metabolic abnormalities. This indicates that altered brain function is due to metabolic abnormalities. When liver get damaged it cannot remove toxic substances from the blood Then Toxicity get build-up within the blood and travel throughout the body till it reach the brain then cause mental and physical symptoms of internal organ neurological disorder.

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Track 27 : Biliary Astresia

Biliary atresia is a rare disease occurs in the liver and bile duct of the infant. It develops about 2-8 weeks after birth. In some children bile duct is not fully developed and few of their bile duct may be damaged by the body’s immune system in response to viral infection acquired after birth which can cause cirrhosis of the liver. The infant looks normal at the time of birth but develops jaundice once the age of two to three weeks with yellowing of the eyes and therefore the skin, dark excretion and pastel stools were build-up by the pigment known as animal pigment within the blood jaundice after the age of 2 to 3 weeks with yellowing of the eyes and the skin, dark urine and light-colored stools were build-up by the pigment called bilirubin in the blood. There is one case of biliary atresia out of every 15,000 live births. Females are affected slightly more often than males. The preferred treatment is to attach the small intestine directly to the liver at the spot where bile is found or expected to drain.

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Track 28 : Advancement in Hepatitis Testing

The incidence of viral hepatitis is rising during this country. Recently, the United State Centres for disease control (CDC) issued a recommendation that “baby boomers,” anyone born between 1945 and 1965, be tested for HEP C. consistent with the agency over 3.5 million Americans are HEP C positive and most unaware that they have this disease. Consequently the testing, treatment and care provided by SCC is more vital than ever. However, not only “baby boomers” ought to be tested however past and present IV drug users and people with HIV/AIDS are in danger as well. Chronic HEP C has numerous symptoms, however typically none in the least, and is extremely damaging to the liver. At SCC, we provide a fast viral hepatitis with ends up in twenty minutes. Must you take a look at positive, the foremost up-to-date medical aid and advanced analysis choices square measure offered for your treatment and care.

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