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Drug-induced liver disease in the elderly
Drug-induced hepatic disease (DIHD) is referred to as drug-induced liver disease. It refers to liver damage caused by the drug itself or its metabolites. It can occur in healthy people with no history of liver disease or patients with serious diseases. Different degrees of liver damage after using a certain drug are called drug-induced liver disease. At present, there are at least more than 600 drugs that can cause drug-induced liver disease, and the main clinical manifestations are hepatocyte necrosis, cholestasis, intracellular lipid droplet deposition or chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, etc.
  • Site of disease:

    liver
  • Infectious :

    Not contagious
  • Frequent population:

    Elderly population
  • Related symptoms:

    Loss of appetite skin itching right upper abdominal pain coagulation disorder hypoproteinemia
  • Concurrent disease:

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