What Is Liver Pain?
6. What Are Risk Factors of Liver Pain?
There are a variety of risk factors related to liver pain and fatty liver disease. They include eating a high-cholesterol diet, being overweight, and having diabetes. Drinking too much alcohol can also cause significant damage to the organ.
Injecting drugs, sharing needles or exposure to infected peoples’ body fluids can also cause liver infections and problems that lead to pain. Additional risk factors include receiving a blood transfusion prior to 1992 or getting tattoos or body piercings.
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