6 Months of Fish Oil Reverses Liver Disease (IMAGE)

University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences

6 Months of Fish Oil Reverses Liver Disease

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Isabella was born with short bowel syndrome which meant she could not eat food normally. She was given nutrition intravenously through a food substitute called total parenteral nutrition (TPN). But then, she developed liver damage probably caused by the soybean oil in the TPN. Her condition worsened and she was listed for a liver and bowel transplant. However, the doctors at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA offered an experimental treatment under compassionate use that replaced the soybean oil with fish oil. After six months, her liver had healed and she no longer needed a transplant. This photo shows Isabella in October 2009 after her treatment.

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The Piscione family

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