Hepatic encephalopathy

Generality

Hepatic encephalopathy is a type of encephalopathy that affects individuals suffering from hepatic insufficiency. In fact, these patients have a liver unable to eliminate waste substances from the blood, the accumulation of which leads to a deterioration of nerve cells.

There are various types of hepatic encephalopathy, identified with A (or acute), B (from transgiugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt) and C (or chronic). The onset of one type rather than another depends on the morbid conditions inducing the state of hepatic insufficiency.
Treatments vary according to the severity of the triggering causes: for example, an acute hepatic encephalopathy requires the implementation (among other things in a short time) of a liver transplant.