According to the CDC, some patients hospitalized for COVID-19 have had increased levels of liver enzymes — such as alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST).

Sometimes, belly pain happens in people with a severe COVID infection. This symptom also can be from liver damage caused by the virus. Because liver damage could be serious, get checked by your ...

According to a study published at the annual meeting of the Radiology Society of North America acute, that is to say severe, illness resulting from COVID-19 could result in damage to the liver.

COVID-19 infection is associated with increased liver stiffness, a sign of possible long-term liver injury, according to the results of a new study being presented today at the annual meeting of ...

NEW YORK -- Vicky Dennis was hospitalized with strange symptoms after contracting COVID-19 in 2020 ... was told she needed a liver transplant within the next five years to survive.

It’s possible this drug could be rapidly repurposed against COVID-19. This research began from a serendipitous finding. In the Sampaziotis lab at the University of Cambridge we focus on liver ...

Her diagnosis was cirrhosis – late-stage liver disease. Desperate to save her life when she was being treated for COVID, doctors put her on a machine that could do the work for her then-failing ...

The final piece in the puzzle was an epidemiological survey of patients taking UDCA for liver disease. If the drug was at all helpful in reducing the impact of COVID then there should be signs of ...

PEOPLE who tested positive for Covid have been left with lasting liver damage long after infection, according to new research. Experts in Boston, US discovered Covid-positive patients had a ...

SYDNEY, NSW, AUSTRALIA, December 6, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- .... Researchers found that COVID-19 increases the risk of fatty liver disease and how is the latter ...

This article was published on KFF Health News. Excessive drinking during the COVID-19 pandemic increased alcoholic liver disease deaths so much that the condition killed more Californians than car ...