DISEASES
description
Autoimmune liver diseases refers to a broad category of liver diseases that are associated with an attack of the liver by the immune system. These include primary biliary cholangitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis and autoimmune hepatitis. Since many of the autoantibodies are highly disease specific, autoantibody tests can help the physician make an accurate diagnosis.
Symptoms
- Fatigue
- Abdominal discomfort
- Yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes (jaundice)
- An enlarged liver
- Abnormal blood vessels on the skin (spider angiomas)
- Skin rashes
- Joint pains
- Loss of menstrual periods
- Itchy skin