Understanding the Hepatitis C Liver

The liver is one of the most complex organs in the human body. It is the body’s largest organ and responsible for more than 5,000 life-sustaining functions. The liver is primarily responsible for converting food into energy. Additionally, the liver filters the body from hundreds of potential toxins and synthesizes a variety of factors necessary to sustain life. When the liver is diseased, the entire body is affected. 

Advances in treatment options has made hepatitis C a more manageable disease, it is not a death sentence. Proper dietary intake and plenty of rest, play a huge role in the progression of the virus. Below are links containing information to help make the right decisions about treatment options. 

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• Just Diagnosed With Hepatitis C
   

• How the Liver Works-What everyone with liver disease should know
   

• Liver Dysfunction
   

• Understanding a Virus
   

• What is Chronic Hepatitis
   

• Frequently Questions About Hepatitis C
   

• Questions For The Doctor

Understanding All Those Tests

• Liver Function Tests Results
   

• Patients' Perspectives
  What ARE all those blood tests?
   

• Liver Biopsy-Questions & Answers
   
• Phases of Liver disease
   

• Hepatitis C Genotypes
   

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Hepatitis C Treatments & Lifestyle

• A Few Facts
   
• Do you need to start drug therapy?
   
• Doctors May Drop Ball With Hepatitis C Patients
   
• Chronic Hepatitis C: Current Disease Management
   
• Information on Current Treatments
   
• Why Staying on Treatment Is Important
   
• Hepatitis C, Diet and Your Liver
   
• Dietary management of hepatic encephalopathy
   
• Natural Protection for Your Liver
   
• TREATMENT with Interferon and Ribavirin is "Not for Everyone"
   
• Depression: Options for Treatment
   
• Financial Assistance for Hep C Medications

Extrahepatic Manifestations

• Hepatitis C Extrahepatic Manifestations
  Extrahepatic Manifestations are diseases associated with Hepatitis C. One, or more diseases are usually present in patients before getting the diagnoses of Hepatitis C. 

• New Data on Viral Hepatitis and Related Complications
  The Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2006 conference took place May 20-25, 2006..... presents the latest research in the field of gastroenterology and digestive diseases,....This report highlights...the most important and clinically relevant new data related to hepatitis C, hepatitis B, and fatty liver disease presented at the meeting. Each presentation is briefly summarized, followed by commentary from the faculty on its implications.