What Causes Liver Fibrosis?
Liver fibrosis, sometimes called hepatic fibrosis, is a characteristic of most types of liver disease and is caused by the accumulation of scar tissue in the liver. This replacement of healthy liver tissue with scar tissue impairs the ability of the liver to function properly. If the condition causing the scarring is not treated, liver fibrosis may progress to liver cirrhosis and complete liver failure, a life-threatening condition. The three main causes of liver fibrosis are alcohol abuse, chronic hepatitis C virus infection and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.
