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taking care of yourself and following a tailored diet is important for people with liver disease. find out how to improve your quality of life with cirrhosis.

Lymph nodes are immune system glands that usually swell in response to a bacterial or viral infection. Rarely, swollen lymph nodes are caused by cancer.

This score helps healthcare professionals rank people on the transplant list so that those who need livers urgently are offered transplants first.

Any problem with the butterfly-shaped gland at the base of the neck, called the thyroid.

A type of illness spread through the bite of an infected tick.

An illness caused by borrelia bacteria that usually is spread through the bite of an infected tick.

An infection with a parasite known as Toxoplasma gondii.

A lump that forms within the butterfly-shaped gland at the base of the neck (thyroid).

A common sexually transmitted infection that often spreads by skin-to-skin contact during sexual activity.

Find out more about the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of this type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

A condition in which one or more heart valves do not work properly.

A sudden blast of air or mucus from the mouth and nose from something irritating the nose.

An inflammatory disease that fuses bones of the spine together.

learn about the similarities and differences between these two forms of inflammatory bowel disease.

A severe, possibly life-threatening allergic reaction.

A condition spread by infected mosquitoes in tropical and subtropical parts of the world.

A condition in which a child avoids passing stool, causing stool to collect in the colon and rectum and leading to leakage.

Inflammation of the clear tissue on the front of the eye, called the cornea.

A serious, inherited condition in which the immune system cannot fight even mild infections. This condition is also known as bubble boy disease.

The feeling of being cold, even when not in a cold environment, often with shivering.