Alcoholic liver disease
Definition
Alcoholic liver disease is damage to the liver and its function due to alcohol abuse.
Alcoholic liver disease
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Alcoholic liver disease
Definition
Alcoholic liver disease involves an acute or chronic inflammation of the liver induced by alcohol abuse. See also cirrhosis.
Alcoholic liver disease
Alternate Names : Liver disease due to alcohol, Cirrhosis or hepatitis - alcoholic, Laennec's cirrhosis
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What is alcoholic liver disease?
Excessive consumption of alcohol can cause liver disease, as well as harming many other body organs.
Alcoholic liver disease is damage to the liver and its function due to alcohol abuse.
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Alcoholic liver disease usually occurs after years of excessive drinking. The longer the alcohol use and the more alcohol that was consumed, the greater the likelihood of developing liver disease.
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Alcoholic liver disease. To many people, cirrhosis of the liver is synonymous with chronic alcoholism, but in fact, alcoholism is only one of the causes. Alcoholic cirrhosis usually develops after more than a decade of heavy drinking.
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Heavy alcohol use can lead to liver disease, and the risk increases with the length of time and amount of alcohol you drink.
Alcoholic liver disease
It is necessary to stop drinking alcohol to prevent further liver damage.
Liver transplant is occasionally appropriate.
Alcoholic liver disease
- As the chief organ responsible for the breakdown of alcohol, the liver is particularly vulnerable to alcohol metabolism's effects.
How is alcoholic liver disease diagnosed?
A doctor may suspect that you have liver problems from your symptoms, and a physical examination.
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Not only does it allow the diagnosis to be made with great confidence, it also detects associated conditions such as alcoholic liver disease, and it provides the most reliable prediction of the future for the patient.
It resembles alcoholic liver disease, but occurs in people who drink little or no alcohol. The major feature in NASH is fat in the liver, along with inflammation and damage.
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It frequently appears in association with alcoholic liver disease, macrocytic anemia ("low blood" with big red blood cells) and peripheral neuropathy (disease of the peripheral nervous system, as opposed to the brain and spinal cord).
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