Primary Biliary Cirrhosis Drugs Market | Trends,Size, Growth, Share, COVID-19 Impact ...
Primary biliary cirrhosis, known as primary biliary cholangitis is a chronic liver disease, which causes liver inflammation, fibrosis, and obstruction in the bile duct leading to destruction of small bile ducts within liver. Cause for primary biliary cirrhosis can be autoimmunity, infection and/or genetic predisposition. Symptoms of primary biliary cirrhosis includes itching, osteoporosis, elevated serum cholesterol, and malabsorption of fat and fat soluble vitamins, which can advance to hepatomegaly, hyperpigmentation, splenomegaly, jaundice, sicca syndrome or Kayser-Fleischer rings. Primary biliary cirrhosis develops over time and may cause the liver to stop working completely in later stages. Most people are diagnosed early, before the disease progresses. Delay in treatment of cirrhosis can cause liver failure and a liver transplant is necessary for survival. Diagnostic tests for primary biliary cirrhosis includes examination of elevated levels of IgM immunoglobulin lev...