Organ system: The digestive system
Organ: The liver
Disease class: Hepatitis
This refers to chronic inflammation of the liver.
It is a type of chronic liver disease.
Causes
- High total alcohol consumption. For example, most people with alcoholic hepatitis have a history of drinking 100g of ethanol (7 units) every day for 20 years.
- Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. Also called fatty liver.
- Chronic viral hepatitis
- Autoimmune hepatitis
- Metabolic disorder
- Medications
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