Can someone get Cirrhosis of the Liver from Malnutrition?!
Question: Is it possible to get cirrhosis of the liver due to malnutrition? A family member has told us that they have it? Thank you for your help.
Answers: Is it possible to get cirrhosis of the liver due to malnutrition? A family member has told us that they have it? Thank you for your help.
why sure! it's called fatty liver or NASH. malnutrition is a hard way of putting it, more than likely they were on the wrong diet, ie, too little fat absorbtion or too much. extreme weight loss or weight gain can cause nash.
other things can cause cirrhosis like iron, viral infections (hep b or c), over the counter meds.
Hello,
It is possible that cirrhosis could have happened due to bad nutrition alone, but it is generally caused by either a disease, alcohol, or genetics.
While malnutrition doesn't inherently give you cirrhosis, it could be a major factor in not fighting the disease, usually caused by over consumption od alcohol. Women are more susceptible than men.
I don't think so, but log onto webmd.com
hopefully you'll get some answers from there.