Best Hepatologist in Arera Colony, Bhopal

A hepatologist is a liver doctor, with expertise in dealing with the diseases that damage the liver and the biliary tract, including the pancreas, gallbladder and bile ducts. To become a hepatologist, it is mandatory to complete five and half years of graduation in MBBS from a reputed medical college and study post graduation or MD in General Medicine, followed by pursuing a super specialization in Hepatology or Gastroenterology and an additional sub specialization in Hepatology. The wide range of diseases treated by a hepatologist include alcohol induced hepatitis, non alcohol related fatty liver disease, viral hepatitis and steatohepatitis, acute or chronic liver failure, autoimmune hepatitis, toxic hepatitis, wilson's disease, cirrhosis of the liver, primary liver cancer and biliary tract diseases like cholestasis, primary biliary cholangitis, biliary stricture, primary sclerosing cholangitis and bile duct cancer. Hepatologists also manage potential complications like hepatic encephalopathy, portal hypertension, ascites, esophageal varices, pruritus, hypersplenism, gastrointestinal bleeding, itching from liver disease, kidney failure and respiratory failure.