What is self-immune liver? How to treat it?

Self-immune liver refers to autoimmune liver disease, according to the different antibodies and different clinical characteristics, can be divided into the following types, the more common autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cholangitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, etc., different types, the treatment program is different.

Most of the treatments are based on liver protection, immune suppression and other comprehensive treatments, such as the commonly used Yosflex, which plays a very big role in the treatment of autoimmune liver, and if necessary, adrenocorticotropic hormone or other immunosuppressive drugs can be used for treatment.

Because of the self-exempted liver can lead to disease progression, and finally appeared some cirrhosis manifestations, if necessary, but also auxiliary use of hepatoprotective, anti-fibrotic drugs, for the emergence of cirrhosis of the self-exempted liver, especially when there are complications, to address the complications of the appropriate treatment, for serious self-exempted liver or liver failure, if necessary, can consider liver transplantation. Chongqing Tongji Hepatology Department