Which diseases or disorders affect your liver?

Answer 1

There are over 100 known forms of liver disease caused by a variety of factors. They affect anyone from infants to older adults. Examples are:

• Cirrhosis
• Any of the hepatitis infections
• Liver cancer
• Liver flukes
• Hemochromatosis
• Reye syndrome
• Wilson disease
• Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC),
• Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC)
• Autoimmune hepatitis
• Tyrosinemia
• Alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency
• Glycogen Storage disease
• Fatty liver disease

Answer 2

The most common type of liver disease is hepatitis, which is inflammation of the liver. Some forms of hepatitis are not curable. Fatty liver disease occurs when fat deposits build up in the liver, which affect the way it works. There is also cirrhosis which is where the liver starts to die off, commonly due to Alcoholism.

Answer 3

Diabetes & Alcohol affect the liver.

Answer 4

You can get cirrossis of the liver due to drinking heavily.

Answer 5

Cirrhosis