liver toxicity
Hepatic cellular damage
Liver toxicity is damage to the liver caused by drugs, chemicals, alcohol, or other substances.
The liver processes most things that enter the body, making it vulnerable to harmful compounds.
Medical professionals monitor for liver toxicity when prescribing certain medications: The patient developed liver toxicity after months on the drug.
Also called hepatotoxicity.
- cirrhosisIrreversible hepatic scarring
- alcohol abuseHarmful pattern of drinking
- cholestasisImpaired hepatic bile drainage
- jaundiceYellowing from bile pigment
- Wilson's diseaseInherited copper metabolism failure
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