Alcohol is not the lead cause of liver disease.

Regional Coordinator for the Canadian Liver Foundation, Bianca Pengelly, says that’s just one of many misconceptions about liver disease:

Bilary Atresia is a liver disease that affects children and infants and its found shortly after their birth. Theres PBC which is normally found middle to late age group. Hepatitis C, you contract that disease, and that can happen to anyone. So liver disease affects babies to late seniors, there is no age group that its more prominent in"

Throughout March, the Canadian Liver Foundation is raising awareness about liver disease, for liver health month.