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Your healthcare provider recommends that you have paracentesis. This is a procedure to remove extra fluid from your belly (abdomen). Read on to learn about the procedure and how it's done.

You have had a procedure called paracentesis to remove extra fluid from your belly (abdomen). Here's how to care for yourself at home.

Hepatitis C can be a short-term (acute) or long-term (chronic) illness. Acute hepatitis C often goes away without treatment. With new treatments, chronic hepatitis C can be cured in most people.

Cirrhosis is a condition where the liver is damaged. Scar tissue slowly replaces healthy tissue. Treatment can control or slow liver scarring. Follow your healthcare provider's instructions closely to get the most out of your treatment. And ask your family and friends for support.

Acute hepatitis B symptoms usually go away. You can be treated for hepatitis B, but there is no cure. If you develop chronic hepatitis B, you can help your body fight it. Here's how.

Cirrhosis is a chronic liver problem that occurs when liver tissue is destroyed and replaced by scar tissue. Read on to learn how to care for yourself at home.

You have been diagnosed with hepatitis C. This is an inflammation of the liver caused by a viral infection. Here's what you can do to stay healthier and prevent its spread.

A liver biopsy is ordered after other tests have shown that your liver is not working properly. You may also have a liver biopsy when liver disease is suspected to determine whether there is too much iron in the liver or to rule out cancer.

You are going home with a biliary catheter in place. This is a small, flexible tube placed into the common bile duct. It is used when this duct becomes blocked. Here are some general guidelines on caring for your catheter.

You have been discharged with a T-tube, which is shaped like the letter T. It is put in place after bile duct surgery to drain bile while the duct is healing. The tube drains into a bag that is attached to your body. A bandage is present at the site where the tube is placed. This protects the open area from infection. The T-tube will be left in place for up to several weeks. Before your tube can be removed, an X-ray will be done to make sure that your duct has healed and that there are no stones present. Here's what you can do at home to aid your recovery.

Hepatitis C is treated with antiviral medicines. In many cases, the medicines can cure hepatitis C.

Most people with untreated hepatitis C virus (HCV) carry the virus for the rest of their lives. But treatment helps most people get over HCV infection. Read on for some helpful things to think about when deciding about treatment.

When you have hepatitis C, it's important to eat healthy, get plenty of sleep, and follow other healthy lifestyle choices.

Hepatitis C can be a lifelong condition if not treated. But it is curable. You can manage how it affects you. Read on to learn more.

Biliary atresia is a serious liver problem that occurs in young infants. It involves a problem with the bile ducts (the tubes through which bile drains from the liver into the small intestine). In children with biliary atresia, bile ducts are damaged, missing, or not shaped correctly. Treatment must be done as soon as possible. Biliary atresia is treated with surgery. Even if this surgery goes well, the child will likely need a liver transplant sometime in the future.

During a liver transplant, your child's sick liver is removed. It's replaced with a healthy donor liver. A liver transplant is major surgery. This sheet will help you and your child know what to expect.

A liver abscess is a pocket of infected fluid (pus) that forms in the liver. It is caused by infection from germs such as bacteria, parasites, or fungus. It must be treated right away to prevent serious problems.

A liver resection is surgery to remove a part of the liver. It's most often done to remove cancerous (malignant) tumors in the liver.

You have had a liver resection. Here are instructions on what to do when you get home.

An indwelling peritoneal catheter is a thin, rubber tube. One end is placed in your abdomen and the other outside the body. It's used to drain fluid from the abdominal cavity (peritoneal cavity).