Doctors and researchers at St. Luke’s are raising awareness about Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis, also known as NASH. It is a form of fatty liver disease when it gets inflamed.
Liver diseases on the rise during COVID-19 pandemic
Doctors have seen a rise in liver disease during the pandemic due to increased alcohol consumption.
By: KSHB Staff
and last updated 2021-02-25 14:53:34-05
KANSAS CITY, Mo. â Doctors are sounding the alarm on a concerning crisis happening side-by-side with the pandemic. Iâd say over the last five to 10 years the incidence of alcoholic cirrhosis has increased as well as the age we re seeing it at. We listed a 20 something-year-old just a couple of weeks ago for transplant, said Dr. Tim Schmitt, the University of Kansas Health System s transplant director.
Stay-at-home orders arrived in March, and with it, what doctors call an available coping mechanism.
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An adjacent crisis: Liver diseases on the rise during pandemic
Doctors have seen a rise in liver disease during the pandemic due to increased alcohol consumption.
and last updated 2021-02-25 14:23:16-05
KANSAS CITY, Mo. â Doctors are sounding the alarm on a concerning crisis happening side-by-side with the pandemic. Iâd say over the last five to 10 years the incidence of alcohol cirrhosis has increased as well as the age we re seeing it at. We listed a 20 something-year-old just a couple of weeks ago for transplant, said Dr. Tim Schmitt, the University of Kansas Health System s transplant director.
Stay-at-home orders arrived in March, and with it, what doctors call an available coping mechanism.