About Hepatology

It is the branch of medicine that incorporates the study, prevention and diagnosis of liver, gallbladder, biliary tree, and pancreas as well as management of their disorders but is not limited to, the study of acute and chronic hepatitis, viral hepatitis, genetic and metabolic liver diseases and their complications. The liver is often the focal point of hepatology, because it is a critical organ and a surprisingly large number of things can happen to it. Hepatologists deal with genetic conditions involving the liver, such as enzyme deficiencies which inhibit liver function, and they also handle topics like damage to the liver, pancreas, or biliary tract caused by viruses, alcohol abuse, obstructions, bacterial infection, cancers, internal bleeding, trauma, and so forth. The liver is involved in the processing of medications, making hepatology a valuable area of skill for someone employed by a pharmaceutical company, and hepatology researchers can also study topics such as diseases of the liver, pancreas, and biliary tract, looking for new treatment approaches, possible prevention methods, and early screening tactics which can be used to identify such conditions before they permanently compromise patient health.