The number of Americans being treated for severe liver disease from alcohol increased during the pandemic, experts say.
“They may have been drinking one or two glasses of wine a night before the pandemic,” he said. “Now they're drinking maybe half bottles or a full bottle of wine and then come into the hospital with end stage liver disease and they didn't even know.”
Researchers from Johns Hopkins University looked at records of nearly 500 patients who were referred to a care center specializing in the treatment of liver disorders. They found that in 2020, 46 percent of patients referred to their liver care center were due to alcohol-related liver disease, compared to 31 percent the year prior.
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