Prevention in Hepatology

The prevention of liver disease has improved significantly in the last few decades, to the point that it can now be considered a true success story. The wide variety of interventions, including comprehensive vaccination strategies, novel medications, lifestyle changes, and even preventive surgeries,...

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Published in:Journal of personalized medicine 2024-01, Vol.14 (2), p.132
Main Authors: Muñoz-Restrepo, Ana-Maria, Navas, Maria-Cristina, Daza, Jimmy, Girala, Marcos, Ridruejo, Ezequiel, Gerken, Guido, Teufel, Andreas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alcohol
Development and progression
Disease prevention
Fatty liver
Forecasts and trends
Germany
Global health
Health aspects
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Infections
Inflammation
Liver
Liver cancer
Liver cirrhosis
Liver diseases
Medical research
Medicine, Experimental
Morbidity
Mortality
Patients
Prevention
Preventive medicine
Vaccination
Vaccines
Young adults
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Summary:The prevention of liver disease has improved significantly in the last few decades, to the point that it can now be considered a true success story. The wide variety of interventions, including comprehensive vaccination strategies, novel medications, lifestyle changes, and even preventive surgeries, have reduced the morbidity and mortality of chronic liver diseases. However, the prevalence of chronic liver diseases is increasing worldwide. Currently, fatty liver disease alone is estimated to be present in as much as 30% of the adult population. Furthermore, there is a trend towards increasing incidences of chronic hepatitis B, and a global lack of success in efforts to eliminate chronic hepatitis C. Thus, improving and efficiently rolling out existing and successful prevention strategies for chronic liver diseases will play an essential role in healthcare throughout the upcoming decades. In this review, we summarize the current options and concepts for preventing chronic liver diseases, highlight their limitations, and provide an outlook on probable future developments to improve awareness, integrated care, and the analysis of big data.
ISSN:2075-4426
2075-4426
DOI:10.3390/jpm14020132