Diseases of the digestive system (114 contents)
Liver diseases (17 contents)
Are algae the future of sustainable nutrition?
Algae is one of the products that scientists looking for a valuable food alternative to current crops have focused on. The conclusions reached by the researchers are presented below.
Mysterious hepatitis in children
More and more doctors around the world are sounding the alarm that they are diagnosing hepatitis of unknown aetiology in the youngest children. Several cases have also been diagnosed in Poland. Is...
Hepatic coma - symptoms, treatment
Hepatic coma is one of the most severe central nervous system disorders that can occur during hepatic encephalopathy. Is hepatic coma life-threatening?
What does very frequent yawning have to do with psychiatry?
When someone yawns a lot in the evening after a hard, exhausting day, this is not usually surprising. Sometimes, however, the patient does not feel exhausted at all, but yawns again and again - what...
NASH - non-alcoholic steatohepatitis - what is the disease?
Liver problems do not only affect alcohol abusers or heavy drug users. Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis is similar to the changes seen in people who abuse alcohol. What is NASH and what is its treatment?
Periodontal disease and cirrhosis: check out the surprising correlation!
Cirrhosis, a condition that is unfortunately becoming more and more frequent, puts the patient at risk of various problems such as oesophageal varices, ascites or hepatic encephalopathy, among...
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is a condition associated with the accumulation of large amounts of fat in the liver. It can be favoured by a poor diet, but also by various diseases, such as...
Kiwifruit in a mother's diet and risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in her child
In the light of the research conducted to date, one thing can be said: our health is affected not only by what we eat ourselves, but also by the diet our mothers had during pregnancy. It appears that...
Cystic fibrosis - a dangerous genetic disease
Cystic fibrosis is a progressive genetic disease that causes persistent lung infections, restricts the ability to breathe and causes dysfunction in other internal organs. The disease is one of the...
Statins and mortality in patients with cirrhosis
Statins are drugs that are quite commonly used by patients - they are recommended to people after a heart attack, among others. They are primarily intended to normalise lipid levels in patients, but...
Deficiency of one protein may promote non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Excess fat in the diet promotes both heart and liver disorders. In the case of the latter organ, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease may be caused by fat, among other things. Researchers in Barcelona...
Hypersplenism
Hypersplenism is characterised by excessive destruction of the morphotic elements of the blood. It is accompanied by enlargement of the spleen. Hypersplenism occurs in the course of medical...
