Complications and related conditions

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If you have primary biliary cholangitis, you have a higher chance of developing some other medical conditions too. This is for two main reasons. One is that your liver isn’t working as well as it should, which affects the overall chemical balance of the body. The other is that PBC is an autoimmune condition, where your immune system attacks your own body tissues. If you have one autoimmune condition, you are at more than average risk of developing another.

 

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