Liver Disease

Liver disease includes any condition that damages the liver and prevents it from functioning fully. It’s possible to cure some liver diseases and return to good health and recover. However, some liver diseases cannot be cured, your symptoms can be treated and managed. Liver damage based on diet, exercise, and alcohol can be treated, and your liver may ultimately recover.

The most common types of liver disease are:

  • Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
  • Hepatitis C
  • Hepatitis B
  • Hepatitis A
  • Alcoholic hepatitis
  • Hemochromatosis
  • Cirrhosis of the liver

Liver Disease Tests

 

Go to Test/Procedures page for helpful descriptions