FYI Digest Newsletter Back Issues 20. Addressing these issues is critical for the optimal clinical management of liver disease in women.
Some liver diseases occur only in women and others are more frequent in women than in men.
Specific to women are the liver diseases of pregnancy such as acute fatty liver of pregnancy, cholestasis of pregnancy and liver disease associated with pre-eclampsia, hepatic infarction and rupture. Several liver and biliary diseases are more common or more severe among minorities, reflecting both cultural and socioeconomic factors. These conditions include chronic hepatitis C among African Americans and Hispanics, alcoholic or drug abuse liver disease among Native and African Americans, and gallstones and gallbladder cancer among Mexican Americans and Native Americans.