Pregnancy related liver diseases are rare, but they may pose a severe threat to foetal as well as maternal survival. Abnormal liver tests occur in 3% - 5% of pregnancies, with many potential causes including coincidental liver disease and underlying chronic liver disease. The conditions namely pre-eclampsia, eclampsia haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets syndrome, acute fatty liver of pregnancy, hyperemesis gravidarum, and intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy contribute in liver diseases.
This article give a quick walk through on some of the liver diseases that are encountered during pregnancy. During pregnancy significant changes in the hormonal state lead to physiological and biochemical changes in the body. In addition to the exacerbation or recurrence of a pre-existing or co-incident liver disease during pregnancy, a few diseases are directly related to pregnancy.…
