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Originally Posted by KSLady
Has anyone on this board ever been diagnosed with Autoimmune Hepatitis, or know someone who has the same? Hepatitis literally means swelling of the liver, therefore my diagnosis means that my immune system is attacking my liver. I would be interested to hear from anyone who might have any information on this disease!
KSLady:
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Yes, I have had Autoimmune Hepatitis for 12 years now. I was diagnosed when I was 6 years old and I'm now 18. Over the passed few months it has gotten really bad for some reason, and the doctors aren't sure why, or how. They ended doing two liver biopsies in feb and found some scarring, but not too much, which is good. I was also diagnosed with Hypothyroidism and Autoimmune Anemia is feb as well.
The disease is categorized in Rare Diseases. The immune systems starts attacking healthy liver cells and killing them. The problem with that is, there is no cure, there is only treatment. For many years, treatment works, but when you are constantly taking the same meds over and over, your body becomes immune to them, therefore, they stop working, which is basically my case. lol