Liver Disorders

UK sources of information and / or support

Patient UK (this website) has information leaflets on some liver disorders, and a directory of patient support and self help groups. Below are links to other UK sites that provide information on various liver related conditions.

 British Liver Trust

Produce a number of leaflets and fact sheets. Titles include:

Alcohol and liver disease, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Hepatitis D, Hepatitis E, Autoimmune hepatitis, Cirrhosis, Obstetric cholestasis, Primary biliary cirrhosis, Diet and liver disease, Fatty liver, Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), Gallstones, Gilbert's syndrome, Primary sclerosing cholangitis, Portal hypertension and bleeding oesophageal varices, A guide to liver function tests, A guide to liver ultrasound, A guide to liver biopsy, Budd-Chiari syndrome

 Children's Liver Disease Foundation

Produce a number of leaflets and fact sheets. Titles include:

A Guide to the Liver, Alagille Syndrome, Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency, Auto-immune Liver Disease, Biliary Atresia, Choledochal Cyst, Cystic fibrosis and liver disease, Gilbert's Disease, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Hepatoblastoma, Wilson's Disease

 Primary Biliary Cirrhosis Foundation

A charity offering support and information to PBC sufferers their friends and families

 Haemochromatosis Society

Informationand support for people with haemochromatosis

 AutoImmune Hepatitis Support

AutoImmune Hepatitis explained in plain English. One of the most popular sites for AIH info. Supported and recommended by AIH Specialists.

 Extracorporeal albumin dialysis for acute-on-chronic liver failure

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Extracorporeal albumin dialysis for acute-on-chronic liver failure.

 LIVErNORTH

Regional Liver Patient Support Group based at the Freeman Hospital inNewcastle upon Tyne.

 Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Support Group

Was formed in 1994, and has become a national group with a mailing list of nearly 300.

 Liver Transplant Support

A site designed to inform prospective liver transplant patients of whatto expect by hearing from those that have been there.

See also the cancer page for information / support for liver cancer and the transplant page.

Further sources / more detailed information

Some non-UK sites

The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.

• Non-UK disease / illness sites
• Non-UK self-help / support group sites

More detailed medical information

The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.

• PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
• Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
• Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, Clinical Knowledge Summaries, etc.
• Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
• Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
• Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.