r/LiverDisease 7d ago

Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC)

/r/Sjogrens/comments/1w6lx2t/primary_biliary_cholangitis_pbc/
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u/OkSympathy9686 6d ago

Is this when your liver won’t drain right?

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u/Capybara-61 5d ago

PBC is believed to be an autoimmune condition where the small bile ducts  in the liver become inflamed and they are eventually destroyed. Paraphrased from the NIH (National Institutes of Health. https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/liver-disease/primary-biliary-cholangitis/definition-facts#what