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PFIC Voices in the news: Stories about people living with this rare disease.

PFIC Patient Describes Her Diagnostic Journey

Kealey-Shay Spolijarevic has progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC), a rare hereditary disease in which an individual is unable to properly remove bile acids from their liver. She describes an overall of her diagnostic journey.

What Is Was Like When My Two Sons Got a Rare Liver Disease Diagnosis

Like so many young couples, my husband and I knew we wanted to start a family. That day came on May 31, 2000, when Evan, our first of three sons, was born. Despite jaundice that appeared for about a week after his birth, he was as healthy a newborn as any parent could hope for.

Liver transplant helps Eden boy with rare disease

SALISBURY — After a long struggle, 10-year-old Trey Kearns is ready to thrive. Trey, who is from Eden, Maryland, suffers from the rare genetic condition known as PFIC, or progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis. It typically leads to liver failure before adulthood and causes an all-over itch that can lead kids to scratch incessantly.

Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis (PFIC) Overview

Shannon Palmatier is the mother of two boys with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC), a rare hereditary disease in which children are unable to properly remove bile acids from their liver. The disease is an autosomal recessive disorder and is linked to mutations from several genes, including ATP8B1, ABCB11 and ABCB4.

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