Question: If I have a damaged liver, do I need to take extra precautions because of COVID-19?

Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: What to Know About Liver Disease and COVID-19
section_headers: What else can people with chronic liver disease do to protect themselves from COVID-19?
section_content: People with chronic liver disease should take steps that everyone can take to
prevent getting
COVID-19. They should also take the same preventive
actions
being taken by people with other serious underlying medical conditions to
avoid getting sick with or spreading COVID-19.
In addition, people with chronic liver disease can take the following
measures:

If you are currently taking treatment for hepatitis B or hepatitis C, or other chronic conditions, make sure you have enough of your medication at home to reduce unnecessary visits to health services or pharmacies. You may be eligible for up to a 90-day supply of medication.
Talk to your healthcare provider about vaccination. CDC recommends that people with chronic liver disease receive vaccinations against hepatitis A, hepatitis B, influenza (flu), and pneumococcal disease.
If you must stay at home for a couple of weeks, come up with a plan to continue your care. Try to establish a telemedicine link through your hepatitis provider’s online portal. If telemedicine is not available to you, make sure you can communicate with your provider by phone or text.
Make sure you can maintain a social network remotely, such as online, by phone, or by video chat. This can help you stay socially connected and mentally healthy.
Smoking or vaping tobacco or marijuanaexternal icon could increase your risk of severe respiratory illness. Quitting smoking or vaping may reduce your chances of developing serious complications from COVID-19.
If you become sick, make sure you stay in touch by phone or email with people who can help you.


Reviewer feedback on this answer:
This answer gives a lot of information regarding people with liver problems and covid.
This answer is excellent.  It gives the basic things you can do and it also gives the extra precautions you can take if you have liver diseases.

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Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: What to Know About Liver Disease and COVID-19
section_headers: Does COVID-19 damage the liver?
section_content: Some patients hospitalized for COVID-19 have had increased levels of liver
enzymes — like alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase
(AST) — that indicate their livers are at least temporarily damaged. Also,
liver damage is more common in patients who have severe COVID-19 disease.
However, we do not know if this increase in liver enzyme levels is related
directly to the virus that causes COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) being in the liver or
if liver damage results from other factors.
More research is needed to determine if COVID-19 patients with hepatitis B,
hepatitis C, cirrhosis, fatty liver, and other chronic liver diseases are more
likely to suffer from liver damage than COVID-19 patients without chronic
liver disease.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
I think this is an okay answer.  I think it focuses on liver problems after covid, but it does have information talking about liver problems contributing to problems with covid.
The article mostly talks about liver damage that is attributed to Covid-19 and not about if you need to take extra precautions if you have liver disease.  It mentions at the end that more research is needed if you need to take extra precautions.

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Could be Improved

Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: What to Know About Liver Disease and COVID-19
section_headers: What can people with substance use disorder and liver disease do to protect themselves from COVID-19?
section_content: The best way to avoid COVID-19 is to avoid exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
People with liver disease should take the same preventive
actions
being taken by people with other underlying conditions to avoid getting sick
with or spreading COVID-19. In addition, people with substance use disorder
should stay in contact with their primary care provider and continue
prescribed treatments. People who inject drugs should continue to use sterile
injection equipment.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
It does sort of answer the question but it doesn't mentionnif you need to take extra precautions.  It talks about the steps everybody should be taking.
This answer doesn't talk about having liver problems at all.

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