FIBROSING CHOLANGITIS FIBROUS CAVERNOSITIS

Fibrosing cholangitis fibrous cavernositis is a bile duct disease. The digestive liquid bile in your liver travels down the small intestine via bile ducts. Also, in this condition, the inflammation induces scarring within the bile ducts.

These scars thicken and shorten the ducts, leading to liver damage in the long run. Furthermore, inflammatory bowel illnesses, such as ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease, affect the majority of persons with fibrosing cholangitis fibrous cavernositis.

Moreover, the disease advances slowly in most persons with this disease. It can eventually result in liver failure, recurrent infections, and bile duct or liver cancers. Besides, the only known cure for advanced fibrosing cholangitis fibrous cavernositis is a liver transplant. However, the illness may return in the transplanted liver in a limited percentage of patients.

SYMPTOMS

The early symptoms of fibrosing cholangitis fibrous cavernositis are usually characterized by:

  • Itching
  • Fatigue
  • Abdominal pain
  • Yellow skin and eyes

Furthermore, several people with this disease may have symptoms that progress gradually, which include:

  • Chills
  • Fever
  • Night sweats
  • Weight loss
  • Enlarged spleen and liver

If you experience extreme tiredness and unexplained, severe itching on your body that remains no matter how often you scratch, see your doctor immediately.

DIAGNOSIS

In diagnosing fibrosing cholangitis fibrous cavernositis, the doctor may check your symptoms, medical history and perform a physical exam. 

After that, the doctor might order the following tests to confirm the diagnosis. These tests include:

  • MRI of your bile ducts
  • Liver function blood test
  • X-rays of your bile ducts
  • Liver biopsy

TREATMENT

The treatment for this disease aims to manage serious problems and observe liver damage. Besides, several treatments have been examined in individuals with the disease, yet none of them have been found to reduce or cure the liver damage linked with the condition.

Additionally, the treatments for this condition depend on the symptoms. If you experience itchiness, your doctor may prescribe you the following medications:

  • Antibiotics
  • Bile acid sequestrants
  • Antihistamines
  • Ursodeoxycholic
  • Opioid

If you have infections, you may be given antibiotics which you need to take for a long period.

Other treatments include:

  • Stent placement
  • Balloon dilation
  • Liver transplant

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