Health Professionals

The PBC Foundation is the only UK organisation exclusively dedicated to providing support and information to those affected by PBC

Health Professionals
According to a recent study, as many as 1:1000 women over the age of forty may have PBC

The PBC Foundation is an organisation that has facilitated research and continues to do so, when it can. There have been projects we have funded, projects we have supported with resources and projects about which we have informed our membership.

Feel free to give these leaflets to your patients diagnosed with PBC.

PBC for Health Professionals

PBC (Primary Biliary Cholangitis) is an autoimmune liver disease with unknown cause. It is in the group of autoimmune diseases which include thyroid disease, some forms of diabetes mellitus, rheumatoid arthritis and Sjögren’s...

Diagnostic Tools

There are three investigations upon which the diagnosis of PBC is based: The Antimitochondrial Antibody (AMA); Liver Function Tests; Liver Biopsy.

Prescriptive Tools

There is no cure for PBC at present. The only licensed first-line treatment at a dose of 10-15mg/Kg/day is with the bile acid, ursodeoxycholic acid.

Obeticholic Acid is licensed as a second-line therapy for disease management...

PBC in Depth

Use this section to gain a more in depth knowledge of PBC, including clinical and laboratory features, specific symptoms of PBC and variant forms of the condition.

Leaflets

The PBC Foundation provides three leaflets for you to use. Follow the link to download.

Learn more and download the leaflets, please see https://www.pbcfoundation.org.uk/health-professionals.

Helpline...

The PBC Foundation is the only UK organisation that specifically helps those affected by PBC: patients, their carers and their families, and health professionals.

The helpline is manned 24 hours a day, 365 days a year but we would hope that non-urgent calls are within (or around) office hours.

The helpline has been used by those suspecting they may have PBC and are looking for assistance in diagnosis, newly diagnosed patients looking for information, carers looking for support, Foundation members whose PBC has progressed or changed and also family members who have a loved one going through end stage liver disease looking for support and also practical information at a most difficult time.

The staff manning the helpline are trained, supported and very experienced.

Should you wish to call the helpline, the number is 0131 556 6811.