Liver Disease Can Be Silent
One of the most important things to know is that you cannot rely on symptoms alone to tell whether your liver is healthy.
Cirrhosis and several chronic liver diseases may cause few or no symptoms until substantial damage has occurred.
That means someone can feel relatively normal while liver disease is developing.
Who Is More Likely to Develop Liver Problems?
Risk depends on the type of liver disease, but important factors can include:
Heavy or long-term alcohol use
Hepatitis B or hepatitis C
Obesity
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