Hepatology
Hepatology is a branch of medicine that studies the hepatobiliary system of the body, which includes the liver, gallbladder and bile ducts, and also develops methods for diagnosing, treating and preventing these diseases. Hepatology is one of the sections of gastroenterology.
A specialist who
Hepatology is a branch of medicine that studies the hepatobiliary system of the body, which includes the liver, gallbladder and bile ducts, and also develops methods for diagnosing, treating and preventing these diseases. Hepatology is one of the sections of gastroenterology.
A specialist who represents this area of medicine is a hepatologist.
Symptoms that require you to see a hepatologist:
- pain and a feeling of heaviness in the right hypochondrium;
- bitterness in the mouth;
- change in the color of urine and feces;
- increased abdominal volume;
- yellowing of the skin and sclera;
- bleeding gums;
- decreased appetite;
- change in body weight;
- increased body temperature;
- appearance of spider veins on the skin.
Diseases that are studied hepatology:
- liver cirrhosis;
- acute and chronic hepatitis;
- alcoholic liver disease;
- Legionnaires' disease;
- toxoplasmosis;
- hemochromatosis;
- Gilbert's disease;
- infectious mononucleosis;
- cholangitis;
- leptospirosis;
- asthenovegetative syndrome;
- cholelithiasis, etc.
Diagnostics and treatment measures in hepatology
To identify pathologies, the doctor must conduct several studies:- laboratory blood tests and urine;
- coagulogram;
- study of liver tumor markers;
- stool analysis for stercobilin;
- ultrasound of the liver;
- CT and MRI of the abdominal organs;
- esophagogastroduodenoscopy;
- testing for herpesvirus infection;
- liver biopsy;
- tests for hepatitis;
- study of copper and iron metabolism in the body.
As a result of the diagnostic procedures, a diagnosis of the disease is made and a hepatologist prescribes an individual set of therapeutic measures, which depends on the form, stage and rate of progression of the disease.
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