Liver disease facts for kids

Liver disease is any disease affecting the liver.

Types of liver disease

There are many forms of liver disease. Forms include:

• Wilsons disease, a disease that causes both neurological dysfunction and liver disease.
• Hepatitis, including hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C, the latter two of which cause chronic liver disease including Cirrhosis.
• Primary biliary cirrhosis, a disease of unknown etiology
• Hepatocellular carcinoma

Images for kids

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  Ground glass hepatocytes

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  Budd-chiari syndrome

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  Ursodeoxycholic acid

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  Diffuse cirrhosis

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  Macronodular cirrhosis

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  Nutmeg texture of congestive hepatopathy