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Journal of Transmitted Diseases and Immunity
ISSN: 2573-0320
Page 52
Volume 4
May 10-11, 2018
Frankfurt, Germany
Immunology Research 2018
Tissue Science 2018
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E d i t i o n o f I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o n f e r e n c e o n
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Tissue Engineering and
Regenerative Medicine
Introduction
: Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) occurs when the liver
is attacked by rogue immune cells that mistake it for foreign
tissue or pathogen, causing inflammation, being the goal of
the treatment to slow or stop the immune system attack on the
liver. Treatment with prednisone is generally used initially and
a second medication, azathioprine may be recommended as
well. Prednisone, especially when taken long term, can cause a
wide range of serious side effects, including diabetes, thinning
bones (osteoporosis), broken bones (osteonecrosis), high blood
pressure, cataracts, glaucoma and weight gain. Most people need
to continue taking the prednisone for at least eighteen to twenty
four months, and many remain on it for life. Although the patient
may experience remission a few years after starting treatment,
the disease often returns if the drug is discontinued. In traditional
Chinese medicine (TCM) Yin deficiency plays a central role in
autoimmune disease.
Purpose
: The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that
autoimmune hepatitis can be treated without the use of
corticosteroids.
Methods
: An autoimmune hepatitis treatment literature review
has been done through earlier medicinal theories such as
traditional Chinese medicine.
Results
: The general principle in TCM is to eliminate pathogenic
heat from the blood, remove blood stasis, nourish liver and
kidney yin. The treatment is based neither on Chinese herbal
treatment and acupuncture nor ever including corticosteroids and
immunosuppressive drugs.
Conclusion
: The conclusion of this study is that autoimmune
hepatitis can be treated without the use of corticosteroids
and immunosuppressive drugs according to the teachings of
traditional Chinese medicine, reducing the side effects caused by
these drugs.
Biography
Huang Wei Ling has graduated in Medicine in Brazil, specializing in infec-
tious and parasitic disease, a General Practitioner and Parenteral and Enteral
Medical NutritionTherapist. She was in charge of the Hospital Infection Con-
trol Service of the City of Franca’s General Hospital, she was responsible for
the control of all prescribed antimicrobial medication, and received an award
for the best paper presented at the Brazilian Hospital infection Control Con-
gress in 1998. She was coordinator of both the Infection Control and the
Nutritional Support Committee in Sao JoaquimHospital in Franca, and also
worked at the infectious Sexually Transmitted Disease Reference Center.
She is the owner of the Medical Acupuncture and Pain Management Clinic,
and since 1997 she has been presenting her work worldwide concerning the
treatment of various diseases using techniques based on several medical
traditions around the world.
weilingmg@gmail.comCan autoimmune hepatitis be treated without the use of
corticosteroids and immunosuppressive drugs?
Huang Wei Ling
Medical Acupuncture and Pain Management Clinic, Brazil
Huang Wei Ling, J Transm Dis Immun 2018, Volume 2
DOI: 10.21767/2573-0320-C2-005