The inter-relationship of Covid vaccines and liver issues is very interesting to me as I have just begun researching chronic autoimmune hepatitis and GERD. Thank you for your post; it is a boost to online investigation and drilling down deeper!
Yesterday's online research revelation was that there is a connection between GERD and NAFLD in that blocking stomach acid with PPIs may promote chronic liver disease. (NIH Research Matters, article by Tianna Hicklin, PhD, Oct. 24, 2017). Another article, a meta-analysis by Karn Wijarnpreccha et al in the Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology published in the Nov/Dec 2017 issue, p 311-317, notes that patients with GERD have two times the risk of NAFLD compared to those without GERD. Their analysis also showed that central obesity and metabolic syndrome are linked to NAFLD and GERD and that visceral fat plays a role in insulin resistance.
My recent Rheumatoid Arthritis Factor test resulted in a 90.2 and subsequent antibody tests suggest lupus, chronic autoimmune hepatitis, scleroderma, myositis overlap syndrome, and/or undifferentiated connective tissue disease. I am waiting to learn what steps will be taken next - and while I wait, will be searching online for more data. ;->