Hepatotherapy

/ˌhɛpətəˈθɛrəpi/ noun

Definition

Treatment or therapy directed at curing or managing diseases and conditions of the liver.

Etymology

From Greek 'hepar' (liver) + 'therapeia' (treatment, healing). This general term encompasses all therapeutic approaches to liver disease, emerging as organized liver medicine developed.

Kelly Says

Modern hepatotherapy has revolutionized outcomes for diseases like hepatitis C—antiviral treatments now cure over 95% of patients, making hepatitis C one of the few potentially curable viral infections and transforming it from a death sentence to a manageable condition.

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