Sunday, 1 December 2013

Liver diseases in pregnancy -Spectrum of liver diseases in pregnancy

Spectrum of liver diseases in pregnancy:
1.Preexistent liver diseases :
Portal hypertension
Cirrhosis
Primary biliary cirrhosis Autoimmune hepatitis
Wilson disease
Chronic infection with hepatitis B or hepatitis C virus
Alcoholic liver disease

2. Liver diseases coincidental with but not induced by pregnancy: Acute viral hepatitis and other viral infections
Alcohol-related diseases
Gallstone disease
Budd-Chiari syndrome

3. Liver diseases induced by pregnancy:
First trimester:
Hyperemesis gravidarum
Second and third trimesters: Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy
Preeclampsia
Eclampsia
HELLP syndrome(hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelet counts)
Acute fatty liver of pregnancy

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