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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: :Manpreet Kaur, MD [2]

Overview

There are no established measures for the secondary prevention of autoimmune hepatitis. There are measures to prevent complications like cirrhosis by eating high protein and low salt diet.

There are no established measures for the secondary prevention of autoimmune hepatitis
There are few measures for the patient with autoimmune hepatitis should take to prevent complications:
Patients with cirrhosis secondary to autoimmune hepatitis lead to ascites. Following recommendations are useful:^[1]
- A low-salt diet < 2gm of sodium daily is useful
- Patients should consume protein (ie, >1.3 g protein per kg body weight)