Autoimmune hepatitis is a disease of the liver that occurs when the body's immune system attacks cells of the liver that occurs when your body's immune system attacks your liver. This inflammation of the liver can lead to further complications, including cirrhosis and eventually to liver failure. Although the cause of autoimmune hepatitis isn't entirely clear, some complication diseases, toxins, bacteria and drugs may trigger autoimmune hepatitis in susceptible people. When diagnosed and treated early, however, autoimmune hepatitis often can be controlled with drugs that suppress the immune system.
When autoimmune hepatitis doesn't respond to drug treatments or when liver disease is advanced, a liver transplant may be an option to solve it. The liver transplantation cost is very expensive and the liver should be obtaining form selected donor who has a healthy liver which matches with the patient. During a liver transplant, your diseased liver is removed and a healthy liver from a donor is placed in your body. Liver transplants most often use livers from deceased organ donors. In some cases, a living-donor liver transplant can be used. During a living-donor liver transplant, you receive only a portion of a healthy liver from a living donor
Signs and symptoms of autoimmune hepatitis can range from minor to severe and may come on suddenly or develop over time. Some people have few, if any, problems in the early stages of the disease, whereas others experience signs and symptoms that may include:
· Fatigue, weakness and have no appetite
· Abdominal discomfort companied by nausea and vomiting
· Joint pain
· Abnormal blood vessels on the skin (spider angiomas) and itching in the skin
· Yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes
· Liver enlargement
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