Autoimmune Hepatitis
Autoimmune Hepatitis What is autoimmune hepatitis? Autoimmune hepatitis is a condition in which your own white blood cells attack the liver and damage it. Under normal circumstances, white cells in our body protect us against invasion of foreign substances. Sometimes, these white cells fail to identify liver as our own and they start damaging it. Liver Problems Doctors in Ahmedabad What causes Autoimmune hepatitis? The exact reason why these self protective cells turn against our liver is not known. However, it is believed to have environmental and genetic role. Some environmental agents alter the liver cells (known as hepatocytes) and lead to stimulation of immune system What will happen if I develop autoimmune hepatitis? Autoimmune Hepatitis also known as AIH will start scarring your liver and over a period of time it will permanently damage your liver. This is known as cirrhosis. Once cirrhosis develops, there would complications of cirrhosis – Bleeding, jaundice, ascites, sw