| Autoimmune Hepatitis is a disease in
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| | hepatitis.
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| which the body's immune system attacks
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| | Treatment for autoimmune hepatitis is
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| the liver cells. Like Ulcerative Colitis,
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| | most effective when the disease is
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| and other autoimmune diseases, Autoimmune
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| | diagnosed early. Treatment consists
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| Hepatits causes inflammation of the
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| | primarily of medications that suppress
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| affected organ. If left untreated over
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| | the immune system. To treat the disease,
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| time, this disease can lead to cirrhosis
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| | the doctor may prescribe prednisone,
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| pf the liver, and eventually liver
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| | which is a corticosteroid. Prednisone, or
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| failure. This chronic condition is
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| | other corticosteroids may have some
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| potentially fatal. Type 1 Autoimmune
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| | unpleasant side effects. These side
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| Hepatitis, in, many cases, also occurs
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| | effects increased acne, filling or
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| with other autoimmune disorders such as
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| | rounding out of the face, weight gain,
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| Ulcerative Colitis, type 1 diabetes,
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| | thinning of bones, thinning of hair and
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| autoimmune anemia, Graves' disease,
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| | skin, high blood pressure, diabetes,
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| Sjögren's syndrome, thyroiditis and
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| | cataracts, glaucoma, depression, anxiety
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| proliferative glomerulonephritis. Type 2
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| | and confusion. Athzathioprine (Imuran) is
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| Autoimmune Hepatitis is less common and
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| | another medication that is prescribed in
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| mostly affects girls ages 2 to 14;
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| | the treatment of autoimmune hepatitis.
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| however this type can also be found in
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| | Like prednisone, this medicine is also
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| adults.
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| | used to suppress the immune system as
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| Symptoms of autoimmune hepatitis range
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| | well as helping lower the doses of
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| from mild to severe. The symptoms may
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| | prednisone needed while reducing it's
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| include fatigue, abdominal discomfort,
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| | side effects. Once the disease is under
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| joint pain, skin rash, enlarged liver,
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| | control, the physician may prescribe
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| jaundice, itching, nausea, vomiting, dark
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| | azathioprine, in addition to prednisone.
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| urine, loss of appetite, abnormal blood
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| | Possible side effects of azathioprine may
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| vessels on the skin, fatigue and pale or
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| | include lowered blood cell count, nausea
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| gray colored stools. Mental confusion and
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| | and poor appetite. Rare side effects
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| fluid in the abdomen can sometimes be
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| | include an allergic reaction,
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| found in patients with advanced stages of
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| | pancreatitis and liver damage. The
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| the disease. Please note that the
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| | duration of treatment varies from
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| symptoms of viral hepatitis and other
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| | individual to individual in that some may
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| forms of hepatitis that are caused by a
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| | eventually stop treatment followed by
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| drug are very similar. With this in mind,
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| | close monitoring or in some cases it may
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| other tests may be needed by a physician
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| | be necessary to contintue the treatments
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| to rule out these other forms of disease,
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| | for life. However, for those whose
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| and to confirm Autoimmune Hepatitis.
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| | treatment has been stopped, it is
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| Diagnosis of autoimmune hepatitis is
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| | possible that the disease may return even
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| based on symptoms as well as a liver
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| | worse than before, especially during the
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| biopsy and blood tests. For a liver
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| | first few months after stopping
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| biopsy, the patient goes to an outpatient
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| | treatment. Within 2 years of starting
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| surgical center or to a hospital. The
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| | treatment, 7 out of 10 people will have
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| doctor will take a small sample of liver
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| | the disease go into remission. However,
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| tissue to examine under a microscope.
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| | the symptoms will return within 3 years,
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| This examination will accurately diagnose
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| | so treatment for autoimmune hepatitis is
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| autoimmune hepatitis and it's
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| | an ongoing process. Other treatments are
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| seriousness. While a routine blood test
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| | also possible for those patients who do
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| can reveal a patterns that are typical in
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| | not respond to standard immune therapy or
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| a hepatitis case, further blood test are
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| | who have severe side effects. These
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| needed to diagnose autoimmune hepatitis
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| | include medicines such as tacrolimus,
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| especially for autoantibodies. The
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| | cyclosporine or mycophenylate mofetil,
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| pattern and the level of antibodies in
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| | which are also immunosuppressive agents.
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| the blood help define if the disease is a
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| | Liver transplants are needed for those
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| type 1 or type 2 classification. These
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| | with cirrhosis and or end stage liver
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| tests will also help distinguish
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| | disease.
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| autoimmune hepatitis from other forms of
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