Which diseases or disorders affect the liver?

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Rahul Sharma

Health Blogger and Fitness Expert31 March 2018 at 11:48

List of diseases which affects liver:

Cirrhosis - Cirrhosis is a late stage of scarring (fibrosis) of the liver caused by many forms of liver diseases and conditions, such as hepatitis and chronic alcoholism
Hepatitis
Fatty liver
Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency
Primary biliary cholangitis
Acute liver failure
Viral hepatitis
Wilson's disease - Wilson's disease, also known as progressive lenticular degeneration & hepatolenticular degeneration, is an uncommon genetic disorder that which leads poisoning inside the body
Hepatic encephalopathy
Liver abscess
Congestive hepatopathy - Congestive hepatopathy, also known as nutmeg liver and chronic passive congestion of the liver, is liver dysfunction due to venous congestion, usually due to congestive heart failure
Steatohepatitis - Steatohepatitis is a type of fatty liver disease, characterized by inflammation of the liver with concurrent fat accumulation in the liver
Congenital hepatic fibrosis
Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis

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