Liver impairment
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What is liver impairment?
Liver impairment can be due to a variety of factors including infections, autoimmune conditions, drugs, toxins. Liver impairment can be acute or occur as a chronic process involving a progressive destruction and regeneration of the liver parenchyma leading to fibrosis and cirrhosis.
Common symptoms reported by people with liver impairment
Treatments taken by people for liver impairment
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Compare treatments taken by people with liver impairment
Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have liver impairment through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.
Got a question about living with liver impairment? Members in the forum might have the answers.
Who has liver impairment on PatientsLikeMe?
- 0 new patients joined this month
- 30 say liver impairment is their primary condition
| Age | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| <20 | 0 | |
| 20s | 3 | |
| 30s | 12 | |
| 40s | 14 | |
| 50s | 12 | |
| 60s | 13 | |
| 70+ | 33 |
| Age at first symptom | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| 0-19 years | 2 | |
| 20-29 years | 1 | |
| 30-39 years | 3 | |
| 40-49 years | 3 | |
| 50-59 years | 2 | |
| 60-69 years | 1 | |
| 70+ years | 2 |
Distribution of sex
| Sex | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 53 | |
| Female | 110 |
| Diagnosis status | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Diagnosed | 54 | |
| Not Diagnosed | 12 |