Alcoholism and viral Hepatitis infection are the leading causes of liver disorders, B. Sankara Sarma, head of department of Gastroenterology, Kurnool Medical College, has said.
Addressing a meeting in connection with the World Liver Day here on Thursday, he said alcoholic liver disorders like cirrhosis of liver accounted for 30-35 per cent while Hepatitis B and C infection caused 30-35 per cent of the diseases.
Obesity, diabetes mellitus and hyper lipidamia also caused liver dysfunction. He said 40 million people suffered from Hepatitis infection in the world which led to liver cancer in many cases.
Drug induced liver problems also noticed in the patients using drugs for TB, dermatological problems and cancer. The liver problems caused early symptoms like loss of appetite, extreme weakness, low grade fever etc. Yellowish eye and other serious symptoms were noticed at a later stage.
He said Hepatitis A and E infection was caused by contamination of food or water, which should be taken care of to avoid the infection.
He said liver was the only organ in the body which has the highest self-healing capacity and collapsed only in extreme conditions.
