this chronic liver disease still very Popularity Although the burden of liver disease has decreased due to the advent of extremely effective treatments for hepatitis C, the reduction has not been as much as expected, according to Dr. Agustín Albillos, Director of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Ramón y Cajal University Hospital ( Madrid) Service and Dean Spanish Society of Digestive Pathology (EDPS), he noted that “while other causes are on the rise chronic liver disease.
Specifically two main reasons Dr. Abrillos points out that this is the case now in both Europe and Spain, “on the one hand there is metabolic liver disease, due to fat or fatty liver followed by liver disease Alcohol. Obesity and diabetes are recognized causes of liver disease and are increasing worldwide in Europe and Spain.Currently, they may be the main cause of chronic liver disease in Spain, a wider claim liver cirrhosis“.
Viral hepatitis is a serious health problem, responsible for 78% of primary liver cancer cases and 57% of cirrhosis cases.
for professionals major breakthrough What has happened in the treatment of liver disease in recent years is the discovery direct acting antivirals. “In this way, chronic infections such as hepatitis C can be cured. So by curing hepatitis or HCV infection, we can prevent the consequences of cirrhosis,” said Dr. Albillos. This is the main Reason for decline The incidence of chronic liver disease in the past two decades.
he second pushderived from the previous one, indicates that physicians “We know that among those patients who treat disease, Etiologythe factors that lead to liver disease, we can prevent It came up, if it came out, if we healed it, it would improve a lot responsible agent. When individuals are obese, weight loss is associated with improvement in liver disease, even in individuals with liver disease who are already at the cirrhotic stage. Second, in alcoholic patients with liver disease, cessation of alcohol consumption was associated with the absence of liver disease, or, if it did, with reversal and significant improvement,” Albillos said.
inside The next few years Professionals will pay more attention to preventive treatment: Treating Obesity and Diabetes by Getting People to Lose Weight and Avoid Alcoholism.
“Spain is one of the EU countries Hepatitis C elimination more advanced.We are one of the countries with the highest number of treated cases in the world, with more than 175,000 patients“, Albiros emphasized.
Spain has achieved three to four times lower prevalence of virus C than virus B
Every year the Ramón y Cajal University Hospital welcomes some mil resident Our country is formed every year. This hospital center is one of the most requested by residents.As Head of the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Services, Dr. Albillos is one of the preeminent experts attractive This hospital has ” The most modern endoscopy equipment in Spain Work, including all endoscopy, ultrasound and digestive function testing techniques, including liver hemodynamics.Also we are a family reference center Advanced pathology, as we have a liver transplant unit, all this makes Ramón y Cajal a high-demand center for performing MIR, or a service requested by residents of other services in Spain, for rotation” learning ability provided by the unit.