Patient's question:
My cousin is pregnant this year, but she has a disease called gestational acute fatty liver. She lost the baby and had a cesarean section. The family is both sad and worried. They want to know what precautions my cousin should take if she wants to have another child. What are the factors or causes that lead to gestational acute fatty liver?Doctor's answer:
There are two situations regarding liver disease during pregnancy: one is where pregnancy and liver disease have a causal relationship, meaning the liver disease is caused by pregnancy, such as secondary liver damage caused by preeclampsia, intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy, and acute liver disease during pregnancy; the other is where liver disease occurs concurrently with pregnancy, such as viral hepatitis and drug-induced liver disease. In this case, the liver disease can also occur during non-pregnancy periods.