Family History & Liver Health

Q: Do you have a history of liver problems in your family?

Why this is important to know: Although you cannot directly inherit liver cirrhosis or fatty liver disease from your parent, you may inherit certain genetic and metabolic predispositions that increase your risk of developing liver disease. This information can be relevant to understand your risks.

There are however genetic types of liver disease such as Wilson disease, Gilbert syndrome, Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Deficiency, or Hemochromatosis that can indeed be inherited. Although these types of liver disease are less prevalent in the population, you should inform your doctor, if you know of such family history.

Q: Do you have a history of cancer in your family?

Why this is important to know: A family history of cancer and especially liver cancer can increase an individual´s risk of developing liver cancer due to the shared genetic factors. A study conducted in the United States showed that people whose parent, sibling, or child was diagnosed with liver cancer, were almost four times more at risk of developing liver cancer than individuals without such a family history.

Q: Were you born to a mother who may have had viral hepatitis?

Why this is important to know: HBV (hepatitis B virus) can be transmitted from an infected mother to a child during birth. According to the CDC, around 40% of infants born to an HBV-infected mother will develop chronic infection, if not properly treated. Untreated chronic HBV infection can lead to chronic liver disease, cirrhosis, and even liver cancer. In most newly infected people, HBV infection develops asymptomatically which makes it harder to detect at an early stage.

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