India, Sept. 28 -- Liver diseases are surging in India at a worrying pace. A study from 2022 highlighted that liver diseases are being recognised in India as an urgent public health matter. In fact, it further added that the burden is substantial, as India alone accounted for 18.3 per cent of the two million global disease-related liver disease deaths in 2015, with the likelihood of the numbers increasing manifold over the decade.

To understand more about the common liver diseases in India, Dr Swapnil Sharma, consultant- liver transplant and gastrointestinal surgeon at Wockhardt Hospital, in Mumbai Central, shared with HT Lifestyle the common issues seen right now. Most of them are preventable with healthy lifestyle habits.

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