Some Michigan doctors say they have seen a rise in hospitalizations due to alcohol-related diseases during the pandemic.
At Michigan Medicine, the number of admissions for the most severe form of alcoholic liver disease saw a jump in 2020.
Admissions increased by 33% from March through June 2020 compared to the same period in 2019.
Dr. Dilip Moonka is the medical director of Henry Ford's liver transplant program.
He said he also seen an increase since March 2020, but Henry Ford does not yet have the numbers.
"You know, we've been sort of seeing national increases in general. And then you throw coronavirus into the mix. And it just made things that much worse."
Moonka adds that in recent years, he has also seen increase of alcoholic hepatitis in young people.