FAQs

Is it necessary to screen patients for existing liver diseases or know their complete history before starting them on antitubercular drugs? Watch this video where Dr..

Statistics show that the most common cause of DILI in India is antitubercular drugs. In this video, Dr. Lalit Shimpi has spoken in detail about DILI induced by antit..

Management of drug-induced liver injury is generally symptomatic. Guideline-based treatment can be adopted in clinical practice. In this video, Dr. Lalit Shimpi talk..

Drug induced liver injury is common in occurrence and medications from all pathies including alternative medicines can cause liver injury. Watch this video by Dr Lal..

Many physiologic and biochemical changes occur during menopause. These changes affect the functioning of the liver and also mediate the development of liver diseases..

Liver disease is a severe complication of pregnancy, posing a challenge for gastroenterologists and hepatologists alike. In this video Dr. Nivedita Pandey talks abou..

Chances of metabolic complications are much raised in women during menarche. To understand the linkage of NAFLD, metabolic complications, and liver disease progressi..

Women are at an increased risk of acquiring liver diseases as compared to their male counterparts. However, they are also less likely to have malignant tumors, cance..

Liver disorder management in the geriatric population is characterized into NAFLD, infective liver disease, and alcoholic liver disease. Lifestyle management and imp..

Geriatric patients develop several infectious diseases of the liver such as hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C. In this video, Dr. Satyaprakash discussed..

The very old are more likely to have signs of severe liver disease on presentation than the young. The alcohol metabolism ability of older adults is reduced over tim..

A substantial percentage of morbidity and mortality is attributable to liver disease in the elderly. The number of patients older than 65 years old with chronic live..

Successful treatment of NASH may curb the progression of NAFLD to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma; in this video, Dr. J S Rajkumar talks about the ’Manageme..

Risk of fatty liver disease progression in obesity vis a vis alcohol consumption. Watch this video by Dr J S Rajkumar to understand the metabolic processes involved ..

Obesity along with alcohol abuse is an underlying factor in fatty liver disease. Abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome cause insulin resistance which leads to a c..

Metabolic liver disease usually indicates disease of the liver that occurs secondary to metabolic changes. In this video, Dr. J S Rajkumar talks about the pathogenes..

Chronic liver disease increases the susceptibility to hyperglycemia. However, early intervention with lifestyle modification can even reverse the two conditions or p..

Chronic liver disease may lead to diabetes. To know the relationship between the two, watch this video where Dr V Mohan explains the physiology of diabetes and chron..

Liver disease and diabetes share a bidirectional relationship with common risk factors. In this video, Dr V Mohan talks about the vicious cycle between diabetes and ..

Metabolic syndrome is emerging as a very important sub-Specialty of diabetology and endocrinology. In this video, acclaimed diabetologist Dr. V. Mohan talks about me..

Non alcoholic fatty liver disease is the leading cause of chronic liver disease in children. In this video Dr Aabha Nagral talks about all types of Pediatric fatty l..

Classifying liver diseases in the chronic setting in children. In this video Dr Aabha Nagral gives in-depth insight in the classification of chronic liver diseases i..

Acute liver failure is identified in children with evidence of liver dysfunction within 8 weeks of onset of symptoms. Know more about acute liver failure in children..

Children are not miniature adults, and hence it is important to understand the diagnosis and management of pediatric liver diseases. In this video, Dr Aabha Nagral..

Complete abstinence from alcohol, high protein diet and herbal liver supplements are important in the treatment of alcohol induced liver injury. In this video Dr Joy..

Alcoholic fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis, and alcoholic cirrhosis are the three forms of alcoholic liver diseases. Detailed history, liver function tests, ultrason..

The sequel of events that mark the transformation of fatty liver to cirrhosis involve various cellular enzymes. In this video, Dr Varghese discusses the pathophysiol..

Alcohol consumption is related to several liver diseases including fatty liver, liver cirrhosis and even liver cancer. Additionally, increased Alcohol cons..

Lifestyle modification is the cornerstone in the management of fatty liver! Know more about diet control, exercise and other healthy lifestyle modifications needed f..

Today there is no FDA approved drug for the treatment of fatty liver. However, clinicians make use of the available options in managing fatty liver. In this video Dr..

Health education, awareness, precautions to avoid infection and vaccination are some of the important aspects of care of viral hepatitis. This video discusses all th..

Hepatitis B occurs commonly in liver disease patients but there are special groups of patients where the incidence of HBV and occult infection. In this video Dr Mana..

HBV infection is reported to be commonly seen in patients with liver diseases. The third video of the series talks about the Indian scenario of HHBV, its diagnosis, ..

Hepatitis A virus is responsible for several sporadic hepatitis outbreaks in India. This video discusses the Indian scenario of HAV, its diagnosis, management and pr..

Viral hepatitis is a cause for major health care burden in India. Around 400 million people all over the world suffer from chronic hepatitis. This video describes th..

Fatty liver diseases are quite common causing significant morbidity. It is very important to understand the management of this condition. In this third video of the ..

Steatohepatitis is not an isolated disease of the liver, it is associated with metabolic syndrome. In this video Dr Ajay Kumar is discussing about the role of insuli..

June 12th is observed as International NASH day. Throughout the month of June, we bring to you a series of videos on NAFLD and NASH discussing the differential eleme..

Nutritional assessment in patients of liver disorders is extremely important. Sugar, alcohol, vitamins, dietary fat and immunization all have a link with liver healt..

Malnutrition in patients of liver disease poses a challenge in children and adults with advanced liver disease and is a multifactorial issue related to nutrition. He..

Did you know? Liver undergoes changes after exposure to viruses or toxinThe stages of liver diseases proceed from healthy liver to fibrosis to cirrhosis and eventua..

In the second video of the series, Dr K K Aggarwal  tries to get down to the root cause of liver diseases. Various factors leading to liver diseases are discussed h..

In this first video on the series based on general liver health, Dr K K Aggarwal discusses if liver disease is the next big lifestyle disease after disease and hyper..

Dr. K K Aggarwal, President Heart Care Foundation of India and Group Editor in Chief MEDtalks, will talk whether MBBS doctor can prescribe Liv 52 drugs in this video..