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Encephalopathy is not a single disease but a group of disorders with several causes. It’s a serious health problem that, without treatment, can cause temporary or permanent brain damage.

Hepatic encephalopathy is a decline in brain function that occurs as a result of liver disease. In this condition, your liver cannot adequately remove toxins from your blood. We’ll tell you ...

Hepatic Encephalopathy Causes Your liver is "a workhorse," says Don Rockey, MD, a gastroenterologist and hepatologist at the Medical University of South Carolina. Its big job is to constantly ...

Wernicke's encephalopathy, or alcoholic encephalopathy, is a brain condition that develops from a lack of thiamine. It most commonly occurs due to alcohol use disorder. Learn more here.

Four celebrities who have suffered from encephalopathy and kept moving forward include: Celebrated American football player John Mackey (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy) John Mackey was a tight ...

Arun B. Jesudian, MD: So now let’s shift gears and really talk about management of the patient with hepatic encephalopathy [HE] and treatment. And Steve, we have societies that publish ...

Review Article Published: 23 October 2013 Hepatic encephalopathy: effects of liver failure on brain function Vicente Felipo Nature Reviews Neuroscience 14, 851–858 (2013) Cite this article ...