Filled with practical tips and healthy recipes, this guide will help patients with cirrhosis and their caregivers navigate more effectively through daily life.
Heather Badenoch did not hesitate after seeing a family turn to social media in their search for a living liver donor. This sparked the beginning of her journey to becoming an anonymous living liver donor.
Having received a blood transfusion during surgery 35 years earlier, Maryann had been carrying the hepatitis C virus for decades without even knowing it. Now, her liver was in stage three fibrosis.
It begins with a diagnosis. That is the pivotal factor keeping hepatitis B, a ‘silent’ liver disease that attacks the liver for 20-40 years, from causing those affected by it to develop cirrhosis, liver cancer and liver failure.