olga adilyevna kolokolnikova gastroenterologist, head of the department of gastroenterology olga adelinaase tell me, liver disease cirrhosis of the liver is a hereditary disease. by itself, cirrhosis is not a hereditary disease, but the diseases that are caused by roses are hereditary. what is cirrhosis of the liver anyway? here, let's see. here we have a healthy liver. and here, what is the structure of the liver with cirrhosis, what happens? only separately. imagine, and the place of the cut, and in this place a scar is formed. the same scarred connective tissue can replace normal liver cells and, accordingly, the liver no longer performs its function, which is why this can happen for reasons that lead to this, the most common in the world is a pandemic, in fact. this is the deposition of fat cells. there is no alcohol in the liver tissue, as everyone is used to thinking, alcohol is far away. let's see what are the most common risk factors. a risk factor for fatty liver disease is an inflammatory chronic inflammatory process, and it can be anywhere. it could be, uh, constant medication