CCO Infectious Disease Podcast

The Patient Experience With Cholestatic Pruritus in PBC

Episode Summary

Listen as a panel of experts—including 2 hepatologists and a person living with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC)—discuss the patient experience with cholestatic pruritus in PBC: how people describe the impact of cholestatic pruritus, the extent to which pruritus negatively affects quality of life, and the importance of educating healthcare professionals on this important symptom of PBC.

Episode Notes

In this episode, Stuart C. Gordon, MD, FACP, FACG, AGAF, FAASLD; Marlyn J. Mayo, MD; and Brenda Remo discuss the patient experience with cholestatic pruritus in PBC.

Listen to their conversation on how people describe the experience of cholestatic pruritus, the extent to which pruritus negatively affects quality of life, and the importance of educating healthcare professionals on this important symptom of PBC.

Presenters:

Stuart C. Gordon, MD, FACP, FACG, AGAF, FAASLD
Professor of Medicine
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Director, Division of Hepatology
Henry Ford Health 
Detroit, Michigan

Marlyn J. Mayo, MD
Professor of Internal Medicine
Division of Digestive & Liver Diseases
University of Texas Southwestern
Dallas, Texas

Brenda Remo
Person living with PBC

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Program: 
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