Liver Risk Factors

Being overweight, drinking more than recommended limits of alcohol, and the blood borne viruses Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C account for 9 in 10 cases of liver disease in the UK.

Important advice:

Fatty Liver disease is due to:

  • Being overweight
  • High blood pressure
  • Diabetes
  • Alcohol Risk
Important advice:

Factors for blood borne viruses include:

  • previous blood transfusions before 1996
  • using street drugs
  • being born in high-risk areas such as Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia and Africa

What can you do?

  • Get active and eat a well-balanced diet
  • Keeping your weight in a healthy range helps to reduce the risk of liver disease
  • Try to drink no more than 14 units of alcohol a week, spread across 3 days or more.
Information:

That’s around 6 medium (175ml) glasses of wine, or 6 pints of 4% beer. There’s no completely safe level of drinking but sticking within these guidelines lowers your risk of harming your health.

You can check your risk of liver disease through the British Liver Trust free online screener

British Liver Trust Online Screener

Community Liver Health Checks

The West Yorkshire Liver Care Operational Delivery Network offers a series of drop-in sessions for Fibroscans at on our friendly mobile clinic vehicle’. To see where the latest events go to our event page

Community events
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