FEHV provides a comprehensive service that includes:

1. Medical consultations with diagnosis and treatment of outpatients and inpatients in the following areas:

• Hepatology
• Digestive
• Nephrology

2. Liver biopsy and abdominal ultrasonography

3. Molecular laboratory diagnosis of various pathologies:

• Obesity and fatty liver: Analysis of individual genes related to these diseases for personalized treatment
• Osteoporosis: An analysis of the genes to determine the fracture risk and thus avoid it.

4. Analysis of the presence of hepatitis viruses (B, C and delta) determining the possibility of the response to drug treatment:

• Determination of the presence and quantity of B virus(DNA) in blood, blood cells and liver.
• Determination of the presence and quantity of C and Delta viruses (RNA) in blood, blood cells and liver.
• Determination of the percentage of liver cells infected by hepatitis viruses B, C and Delta.
• Analysis of the human gene (IL28-B) to know the possibility of cure with antiviral treatment of hepatitis C.
• Analysis of a human protein (IP-10) to find the possibility of cure with antiviral treatment of hepatitis C.

Analysis of a human gene (hemochromatosis gene)responsible for iron overload in the liver and in other organs, to establish appropriate treatment.

FEHV also has a laboratory to develop research projects on liver and kidney diseases . The donations made to support these investigations have a 25% rebate of the amount donated in the statement of income

SYMPTOMS OF HEPATITIS

Please, if you experience these symptoms, contact your doctor as soon as possible.

• Fatigue
• Maleise
• Yellow eyes and skin
• Swelling of the abdomen and legs with fluid retention
• Pain in right side under the ribs
• Bleeding in general
• Disorientation and slowness in thinking and talking, shaking hands.

It should be noted that 90% of people with liver disease do not notice symptoms until the disease is developed. In these cases the disease is only detected by a blood test.