Other liver diseases

Some genetic disorders cause the liver to build up toxic substances. These include:

• Hemochromatosis (too much iron)
• Wilson's disease (too much copper)

Other less common liver diseases include:

• Autoimmune hepatitis (the body attacks its own liver cells)
• Primary sclerosing cholangitis (the liver's large bile ducts become blocked, leading to infection, jaundice, and eventual cirrhosis)
• Primary biliary cirrhosis (liver's small bile ducts become inflamed and bile backs up, leading to itchy skin, jaundice, and eventual cirrhosis)