Liver Update FAQs

Elevated levels of SGOT and SGPT can be a cause for concern as it is an indication of liver damage or disease, resulting in chronic and fatal outcomes. Lifestyle-rel..

Insulin resistance, a metabolic condition where cells become less responsive to insulin, holds significant implications for liver care. It elevates blood glucose lev..

 The liver is crucial in maintaining your overall health, as it filters toxins from your blood, aids digestion, and stores essential nutrients. However, certain c..

लिवर सिरोसिस एक ऐसी स्थिति जो दुनिया भर में लाखों लोगों को प्रभ..

Welcome to our blog post on understanding liver function! The human body is a marvel of biological engineering, with each organ playing a unique and critical ro..

लिवर के कार्य को समझने पर हमारे ब्लॉग पोस्ट में आपका स्वागत है! �..

The human body is a complex web of interconnected systems, where the health of one often influences the well-being of another. An example of this intricate relations..

हमारे ब्लॉग में आपका स्वागत है, जहां हम स्वास्थ्य और कल्याण की �..

मेटास्टैटिक कैंसर क्या है? What is Metastatic Cancer?मेटास्टैटिक कैंसर उस कैं�..

अल्फा-1 एंटीट्रिप्सिन की कमी क्या है? What is alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency?अल्फा-1 एंटी..

The liver is a remarkable organ responsible for numerous vital functions, such as detoxifying harmful substances and producing essential proteins. However, when chro..

Antioxidants play a pivotal role in liver care by safeguarding this vital organ from oxidative stress and damage. They neutralize harmful free radicals, which can ot..

हेपैटोसेलुलर कार्सिनोमा (एचसीसी) क्या है? What is Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)?हेपैट�..

लिवर एंजाइम बढ़ने का क्या मतलब है? What do elevated liver enzymes mean?यदि आपके रक्त म�..

आज, हम एक ऐसे अंग पर ध्यान केंद्रित कर रहे हैं जो हमारे शरीर को स�..

लिवर के घाव क्या हैं? What are liver lesions?लिवर के घाव असामान्य वृद्धि हैं ज�..

लिवर बायोप्सी क्या है? What is liver biopsy?लिवर बायोप्सी एक खोखली सुई के मा�..

The liver, often referred to as the body's metabolic powerhouse, is a remarkable organ with an array of vital functions. From processing nutrients and filtering toxi..

लीवर फेलियर क्या है? What is liver failure?लीवर की विफलता का मतलब है कि आपका ल�..

The liver is an extraordinary organ, serving as a vital hub for metabolic processes, detoxification, and digestion. Its importance in maintaining overall health cann..

आपका लीवर आपके शरीर का दूसरा सबसे बड़ा अंग है (त्वचा के बाद)। यह �..

Welcome to our comprehensive blog post on liver disease during pregnancy. Pregnancy is a beautiful and transformative journey, but it can also bring challenges and h..

Liver care in geriatric patients is paramount due to the natural aging process, which can affect liver function and increase susceptibility to liver diseases. Older ..

The liver, often hailed as the body's ultimate multitasker, plays a pivotal role in maintaining our overall well-being. This resilient organ, responsible for process..

हेपेटाइटिस ई क्या है? What is Hepatitis E?हेपेटाइटिस ई एक संक्रामक वायरस (infec..

As the years go by, our bodies undergo numerous changes, and one organ that can be particularly affected by the aging process is the liver. Often overshadowed by dis..

हेपेटाइटिस डी क्या है? What is Hepatitis D?हेपेटाइटिस डी, जिसे हेपेटाइटिस ड..

Living with a chronic illness can be challenging, but thanks to advances in medical science, there is hope for those affected by Hepatitis C. This silent and often m..

हेमोक्रोमैटोसिस क्या है?  What is hemochromatosis?हेमोक्रोमैटोसिस (ही-मो-क्�..

Welcome to our blog!If you're a parent or caretaker of a child diagnosed with this condition, you may have many questions and concerns. Don't worry; we're here to pr..

बाल चिकित्सा ऑटोइम्यून हेपेटाइटिस पर हमारे ब्लॉग पोस्ट में आप..

In a nation as diverse as India, where cultural traditions and lifestyles vary widely from region to region, it's crucial to recognize the equally diverse landscape ..

हेपेटाइटिस सी क्या है? What is Hepatitis C?हेपेटाइटिस सी एक वायरल संक्रमण ह..

Hepatitis B is a viral infection that primarily affects the liver. It is caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) and can range from mild to chronic illnesses. The live..

भारत में लिवर विकारों की आकर्षक दुनिया में आपका स्वागत है! अपनी..

Welcome to our comprehensive exploration of liver inflammation, a topic of paramount importance in the realm of healthcare. The liver, a vital organ responsible for ..

हमारे ब्लॉग में आपका स्वागत है, जहां हम लीवर के स्वास्थ्य और उम�..

Welcome to our blog post on the role of nutrition in promoting liver health!Your liver is a vital organ that plays a crucial role in keeping your body functioning at..

लिवर को स्वस्थ बनाए रखने में आहार महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका निभाता है�..

The liver plays a crucial role in maintaining our overall health by performing various vital bodily processes, including managing blood sugar levels. Thus, liver hea..

Maintaining optimal nutrition during pregnancy is essential for both the mother's and baby's health. Liver care is crucial as it supports various metabolic functions..

हेपेटाइटिस बी क्या है? What is Hepatitis B?हेपेटाइटिस बी एक वायरल संक्रमण (vi..

हेपेटोमेगाली क्या है? What is hepatomegaly?हेपेटोमेगाली लीवर की एक ऐसी स्थि..

टॉक्सिक हेपेटाइटिस क्या है? What is toxic hepatitis?टॉक्सिक हेपेटाइटिस आपके �..

लीवर स्वास्थ्य को बढ़ावा देने में पोषण की भूमिका पर हमारे ब्लॉ�..

Nutrition plays a crucial role in liver care, especially when it comes to pediatric populations. The liver plays a vital role in various metabolic processes, and mai..

Welcome to our blog!In the intricate symphony of our body's functions, the liver is pivotal as the ultimate multitasker. Often referred to as the body's detoxificati..

The liver plays a crucial role in various physiological processes, including post-convalescence, which refers to the period of recovery after an illness or injury. E..

The liver plays a vital role in appetite regulation and the optimal growth of children. It is equally essential to prioritize and maintain optimal liver health to su..

The liver acts as a fantastic communicator, collaborating with the brain and gastrointestinal tract to regulate our appetite and food intake. It's like a conductor o..

Antitubercular drug-induced hepatotoxicity is referred to liver damage that occurs due to medications used to treat tuberculosis. It is a significant concern due to ..

Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a significant infectious disease in many developing countries, and among these countries, India has the highest burden of TB. Addre..

Management of Drug-induced Liver Injury..

Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is a major problem faced by both healthcare providers as well as patients.  Management of Drug-Induced Liver Injury (DILI) invo..

Menopause is a significant phase in a woman's life, and understanding its impact on liver health is crucial for overall well-being.   During menopause, hor..

During pregnancy, a woman's body undergoes numerous physiological changes to support the developing fetus. These changes can sometimes affect the functioning of vari..

Liver health in menarche refers to the functioning and condition of the liver during a young woman's first menstrual period. The liver plays a vital role in hormonal..

The liver is a remarkably resilient organ and can continue to function even when up to 80% of the organ is damaged. But as liver disease progresses, women may experi..

In the pediatric population, the prevalence of NAFLD is on the rise. This increasing prevalence is in concert with the global epidemics of obesity and is being diagn..

Liver diseases with chronicity imply a condition that results in a longstanding irreversible change in the hepatic structure. Chronic liver diseases in children repr..

Due to structural changes or functional impairment, aging is a condition in which a person progressively loses the ability to maintain homeostasis. It has been demon..

Age is an important factor when treating chronic HCV infection. The prevalence of anti-HCV seropositivity tends to be higher in the elderly than in younger individua..

The liver has a noteworthy ability to regenerate and maintain function during the aging process. Other significant risk factors for the liver include hypertension, o..

In children, the most common clinical presentations of ALF are progressive jaundice, lack of appetite, malaise, viral prodrome, vomiting, and abdominal pain. The dis..

Children are a miniature version of adults. As a result, doctors and healthcare workers should have a deeper understanding of the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and manage..

The prevalence of liver diseases in children is unknown because they are often under-recognized or diagnosed late. The main reason for delayed diagnosis is the absen..

Management of liver disease in adults is a challenging task, but managing it in special populations, such as pregnant women, children, and the elderly population, is..

It is a well-known fact that diabetes is a major risk factor for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, which if left untreated may progress to liver scarring or liver f..

Diabetes and chronic liver disease are common long-term conditions in the developed and developing world.  The two conditions often coexist leading to increased com..

The liver is one of the major targets for insulin and its counterregulatory hormones, such as glucagon. Overall, glucose intolerance has been seen in up to 80% of pa..

It is very important to control the blood sugar level for a healthy liver as diabetes can occur due to liver disease and vice versa. One of the major functions of th..

NAFLD and NASH are metabolic disorders of hepatic origin. Thus, the management and treatment plan for  NAFLD and NASH should be directed toward normalisation of liv..

Most liver diseases, especially NAFLD, are characterized by an abnormal accumulation of triglyceride in hepatocytes. Hepatic de novo lipogenesis may play an importan..

There are many types of liver diseases such as fatty liver, cirrhosis, liver cancer, alcoholic liver disease, NAFLD, hepatitis, liver failure, chronic liver disease,..

Metabolic syndrome is an accumulation of several disorders, which together raise the risk of an individual developing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, insulin..

Treatment option for alcoholic liver disease is based on two goals. Firstly, abstinence from alcohol and Secondly, ways to prevent further liver damage and encourage..

The spectrum of Alcoholic Liver Disease can include simple hepatic steatosis, acute alcoholic hepatitis, and alcoholic cirrhosis and the diagnosis requires a detaile..

The pathogenesis of ALD can be conceptually divided into 1) Ethanol mediated liver injury, 2) Inflammatory Immune response to injury, 3) Intestinal permeability and ..

As we all know liver damage can affect the whole body.  The liver’s job is to break down alcohol. Alcoholic liver disease results from overconsuming alcohol, dama..

Viral hepatitis is a public health problem in India. Out of the five variants, hepatitis B and C infections can lead to chronicity, resulting in sequelae like cirrho..

Hepatitis is an epidemic condition that has a significant burden on the healthcare system. It can be caused by a viral infection or exposure of the liver to harmful ..

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that during 2019, 296 million people were living with hepatitis B along with 58 million people infected with hepatitis ..

Viral hepatitis is a cause of major health care burden in India and is now equated as a threat comparable to the “big three” communicable diseases- HIV/AIDS, Mal..

Lifestyle changes, drug use, toxins, and infections may lead to malfunctioning of liver function. A lack of awareness and access to health care may further exacerbat..

India contributed about 20.1% of deaths, out of the two million global liver disease-related deaths in 2021. With such high proportions of death tally, clinical symp..

The burden of liver disease in India is difficult to assess since the epidemiological data are not robust as in most parts of the world. However, Hepatitis B and C, ..

Do you know that every 1 in 5 Indians is suffering from liver disease? The liver, a powerhouse of body function, is facing the major burden of our lifestyle.  Join..

Acute liver injury and and hepatic impairment has been frequently seen in patients with COVID 19. Liver involvement has also demonstrated a reactivation of Hepatitis..

What are the ways to prevent and treat hepatitis? Can hepatitis be cured? In this video on 'Management of Hepatitis,' Dr Neerav Goyal talks about the different appro..

Dr Neerav Goyal is the head of the Liver Transplant and HPB Surgery, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, In this video he talks about Hepatitis in Special cases such as pr..

In this video, Dr. Neerav Goyal has discussed the clinical progression of Hepatitis and challenges in its management. Watch this video to know more about Hepatitis A..

Dr Neerav Goyal opines, 'Hepatitis is a curse present in the society!' In this video he talks about different types of hepatitis, their causes, symptoms and preventi..

COVID 19 disease severity is increased in individuals with comorbidities, including NAFLD. Watch this video by Dr. Sandeep Satsangi to understand the implications an..

There are no FDA-approved therapies for NASH. The key to management is weight management through diet and exercise and lifestyle modifications. In this video, Dr. Sa..

Several risk factors may bring about the progression of liver disease from NAFLD to NASH to subsequent cirrhosis. These include age, Diabetes, PCOD, etc. Watch this ..

The spectrum of NAFLD encompasses simple steatosis, NASH, NASH-related cirrhosis of liver, and NASH-related hepatocellular carcinoma. Watch this video by Dr Sandeep ..

Is it necessary to screen patients for existing liver diseases or know their complete history before starting them on antitubercular drugs? Watch this video where Dr..

Statistics show that the most common cause of DILI in India is antitubercular drugs. In this video, Dr. Lalit Shimpi has spoken in detail about DILI induced by antit..

Management of drug-induced liver injury is generally symptomatic. Guideline-based treatment can be adopted in clinical practice. In this video, Dr. Lalit Shimpi talk..

Drug induced liver injury is common in occurrence and medications from all pathies including alternative medicines can cause liver injury. Watch this video by Dr Lal..

Many physiologic and biochemical changes occur during menopause. These changes affect the functioning of the liver and also mediate the development of liver diseases..

Chances of metabolic complications are much raised in women during menarche. To understand the linkage of NAFLD, metabolic complications, and liver disease progressi..

Women are at an increased risk of acquiring liver diseases as compared to their male counterparts. However, they are also less likely to have malignant tumors, cance..

Liver disorder management in the geriatric population is characterized into NAFLD, infective liver disease, and alcoholic liver disease. Lifestyle management and imp..

Geriatric patients develop several infectious diseases of the liver such as hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C. In this video, Dr. Satyaprakash discussed in ..

The very old are more likely to have signs of severe liver disease on presentation than the young. The alcohol metabolism ability of older adults is reduced over tim..

A substantial percentage of morbidity and mortality is attributable to liver disease in the elderly. The number of patients older than 65 years old with chronic live..

Successful treatment of NASH may curb the progression of NAFLD to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma; in this video, Dr. J S Rajkumar talks about the ’Manageme..

Risk of fatty liver disease progression in obesity vis a vis alcohol consumption. Watch this video by Dr J S Rajkumar to understand the metabolic processes involved ..

Obesity along with alcohol abuse is an underlying factor in fatty liver disease. Abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome cause insulin resistance which leads to a c..

Metabolic liver disease usually indicates disease of the liver that occurs secondary to metabolic changes. In this video, Dr. J S Rajkumar talks about the pathogenes..

Chronic liver disease increases the susceptibility to hyperglycemia. However, early intervention with lifestyle modification can even reverse the two conditions or p..

Chronic liver disease may lead to diabetes. To know the relationship between the two, watch this video where Dr V Mohan explains the physiology of diabetes and chron..

Liver disease and diabetes share a bidirectional relationship with common risk factors. In this video, Dr V Mohan talks about the vicious cycle between diabetes and ..

Metabolic syndrome is emerging as a very important sub-Specialty of diabetology and endocrinology. In this video, acclaimed diabetologist Dr. V. Mohan talks about me..

Non alcoholic fatty liver disease is the leading cause of chronic liver disease in children. In this video Dr Aabha Nagral talks about all types of Pediatric fatty l..

Classifying liver diseases in the chronic setting in children. In this video Dr Aabha Nagral gives in-depth insight in the classification of chronic liver diseases i..

Acute liver failure is identified in children with evidence of liver dysfunction within 8 weeks of onset of symptoms. Know more about acute liver failure in children..

Children are not miniature adults, and hence it is important to understand the diagnosis and management of pediatric liver diseases. In this video, Dr Aabha&nbs..

Complete abstinence from alcohol, high protein diet and herbal liver supplements are important in the treatment of alcohol induced liver injury. In this video Dr Joy..

Alcoholic fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis, and alcoholic cirrhosis are the three forms of alcoholic liver diseases. Detailed history, liver function tests, ultrason..

The sequel of events that mark the transformation of fatty liver to cirrhosis involve various cellular enzymes. In this video, Dr Varghese discusses the pathophysiol..

Alcohol consumption is related to several liver diseases including fatty liver, liver cirrhosis and even liver cancer. Additionally, increased Alcohol consumption is..

Lifestyle modification is the cornerstone in the management of fatty liver! Know more about diet control, exercise and other healthy lifestyle modifications needed f..

Today there is no FDA approved drug for the treatment of fatty liver. However, clinicians make use of the available options in managing fatty liver. In this video Dr..

Health education, awareness, precautions to avoid infection and vaccination are some of the important aspects of care of viral hepatitis. This video discusses all th..

Hepatitis B occurs commonly in liver disease patients but there are special groups of patients where the incidence of HBV and occult infection. In this video Dr Mana..

HBV infection is reported to be commonly seen in patients with liver diseases. The third video of the series talks about the Indian scenario of HHBV, its diagnosis, ..

Hepatitis A virus is responsible for several sporadic hepatitis outbreaks in India. This video discusses the Indian scenario of HAV, its diagnosis, management and pr..

Viral Hepatitis Is A Cause For Major Health Care Burden In India. Around 400 Million People All Over The World Suffer From Chronic Hepatitis. This Video Describes Th..

Fatty liver diseases are quite common causing significant morbidity. It is very important to understand the management of this condition. In this third video of the ..

Steatohepatitis is not an isolated disease of the liver, it is associated with metabolic syndrome. In this video Dr Ajay Kumar is discussing about the role of insuli..

June 12th is observed as International NASH day. Throughout the month of June, we bring to you a series of videos on NAFLD and NASH discussing the differential eleme..

Nutritional assessment in patients of liver disorders is extremely important. Sugar, alcohol, vitamins, dietary fat and immunization all have a link with liver healt..

Liver Cirrhosis Diet Cirrhotic patients frequently become malnourished as a result of changes in metabolism and digestive problems that develop when the liver d..

Did you know? Liver undergoes changes after exposure to viruses or toxinThe stages of liver diseases proceed from healthy liver to fibrosis to cirrhosis and eve..

In the second video of the series, Dr K K Aggarwal  tries to get down to the root cause of liver diseases. Various factors leading to liver diseases are discuss..

In this first video on the series based on general liver health, Dr K K Aggarwal discusses if liver disease is the next big lifestyle disease after disease and hyper..

Dr. K K Aggarwal, President Heart Care Foundation of India and Group Editor in Chief MEDtalks, will talk whether MBBS doctor can prescribe Liv 52 drugs in this video..