Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases

Metabolic liver diseases

Metabolic liver disease is caused due to abnormal chemical reactions in the body that disrupt the body’s metabolism. When this happens, the body has too much of some substances or too little of others to stay healthy. There are several kinds of metabolic liver disease in children they are Crigler-Najjar syndrome: a disease in which the body cannot break down bilirubin. Dubin-Johnson syndrome: a disease in which the body is unable to remove bilirubin from the liver. Gilbert’s disease: a disease that affects the way bilirubin is processed by the liver. Hemochromatosis: a disease in which too much iron builds up in the body. Wilson disease: a disease in which too much copper builds up in the body