Liver Disease in Women: The Signs Doctors Often Miss

Women are more vulnerable to liver damage from alcohol than men drinking the same amount. Why?

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Women are more vulnerable to liver damage from alcohol than men drinking the same amount. Why?
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Women produce significantly less gastric alcohol dehydrogenase — the enzyme that begins breaking down alcohol in the stomach. As a result, a higher proportion of alcohol reaches the liver unmetabolised. This means women develop alcoholic liver disease faster and at lower consumption levels than men.

Women are more vulnerable to liver damage from alcohol than men drinking the same amount. Why?

Women have lower body fat percentage, concentrating alcohol in organs
Women produce less of the stomach enzyme (alcohol dehydrogenase) that breaks down alcohol
Women absorb alcohol faster due to faster digestion
Women have smaller livers relative to body size
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