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.

How do members experience liver impairment?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with liver impairment*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for liver impairment*

Who has liver impairment on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 1
30s 21
40s 35
50s 45
60s 53
70+ 29

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 60
Female 120

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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

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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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?

  • 2 new patients joined this month
  • 41 say liver impairment is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 1
30s 21
40s 35
50s 45
60s 53
70+ 29
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 3
20-29 years 10
30-39 years 7
40-49 years 3
50-59 years 6
60-69 years 2
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 60
Female 120

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 55
Not Diagnosed 12

These charts show data from liver impairment patients who have completed their condition history
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