Publisher's Synopsis
This is the definitive guide to help patients with the liver disease autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) beat the condition. AIH should be a completely treatable disease, but too often patients get sub-standard care and ineffective treatment, With the information in this book you can make sure you are getting the best possible treatment, and find out what you can do to help yourself. Written by one of the world's leading experts on AIH, this book explains all aspects of the condition, including why people get it, to how it is diagnosed in the clinic, how it is treated and how you can beat the symptoms.
This guide, which is a companion to the highly successful "PBC: The Definitive Guide for Patients with Primary Biliary Cholangitis", can be read as a thorough explanation; a textbook for patients. Alternatively, with "two-minute versions" for each of the chapters, you get can all the key facts quickly. The book also has a dictionary of AIH which will help you understand the technical terms and medical jargon that you may encounter. The book is also ideal for the relatives and partners of AIH patients to help them better understand their loved one's medical problems. It will also be really useful for students, doctors, nurses and other professionals who are encountering AIH for the first time and want to find out more. What people said about "PBC: The Definitive Guide for Patients With Primary Biliary Cholangitis" An excellent book.....thank you for writing this" S " This book is an absolute godsend......this amazing book is a must have for all PBC patients and their families" JP "An essential purchase" C "Professor Jones is amazing, thank you so much for writing this invaluable book" LE "Every piece of information you need to know and more is contained within this bible" PL