British Liver Trust

Prevention

Anything that leads to the long-term, continuous damage of the liver can cause cirrhosis. These include:

• alcohol
• viral infections such as hepatitis B and hepatitis C 
• a build up of fat in the liver known as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) that may progress to a more severe condition known as non alcoholic steatohepatitis or NASH
• autoimmune hepatitis
• primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) and other long-term diseases of the bile ducts such as primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) or biliary atresia (BA) in children
• certain inherited diseases, such as haemochromatosis and Wilson’s disease
• long-term contact with some drugs and poisons
• blood vessel (vascular) disease, such as Budd-Chiari syndrome.