Liver Diseases & Disorders
What is Liver Disease?
The term “liver disease” broadly encompasses a variety of potential problems that could ultimately lead to liver failure. The liver plays a crucial role in how the body digests food and filters toxins. There are many causes of liver disease and multiple treatment options, depending on the cause and severity of the condition.
Liver Diseases & Disorders
What is Liver Disease?
The term “liver disease” broadly encompasses a variety of potential problems that could ultimately lead to liver failure. The liver plays a crucial role in how the body digests food and filters toxins. There are many causes of liver disease and multiple treatment options, depending on the cause and severity of the condition.
Conditions That Can Contribute To or Put You at Risk for Liver Disease:
- Lifestyle
- Obesity
- Nutritional Issues
- Auto-immune Disease
- Viral and Parasitic Infections
- Genetic Diseases
- Prescription Medications
- OTC Dietary or Herbal Supplements
- Unprotected Sex
- Tattoos, Piercings, IV Drug Use
Cirrhosis is the term used to describe the occurrence of scarring in the liver. As the liver is damaged, scar tissue replaces liver cells, causing cirrhosis. Liver function typically begins to decrease when more than 75% of its tissue is affected.