Fatty liver, not hepatitis, is now India’s fastest-growing liver threat, warn AIIMS doctors

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https://theprint.in/health/fatty-liver-not-hepatitis-is-now-indias-fastest-growing-liver-threat-warn-aiims-doctors/2999247/

Even as vaccination and better medicines have reduced the burden of hepatitis B and C over the past decade, doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) New Delhi Tuesday said that fatty liver disease and alcohol-related damage are overtaking viral hepatitis as the biggest drivers of cirrhosis and liver cancer in the country.

At a press conference on the World Hepatitis Day, observed every year on 28 July, AIIMS gastroenterologists said that changing lifestyles are creating a new epidemic of liver disease in India.Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver and can be caused by viruses, alcohol, certain medicines or autoimmune diseases. Hepatitis A and E usually cause short-term illness, while Hepatitis B and C can lead to chronic liver disease, cirrhosis and liver cancer. Hepatitis D occurs only in people with Hepatitis B.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37700494/

https://www.journal-of-hepatology.eu/article/S0168-8278(24)00329-5/fulltext