The development of alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is as a result of alcohol intake with excessive alcohol, which damages the liver cells leaving them scarred thereby leading to inflammation. It may be progressed in phases-fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis and lastly cirrhosis. Because alcohol is a stimulus of ALD, its prevention and treatment is not comparable to non-alcoholic liver diseases.
Symptoms Early ALD may be asymptomatic. With the development of liver damage you might experience:
Alcoholic liver disease is generally caused by excessive alcohol consumption over a prolonged period of time. The other contributory factors are:
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In order to cope with the Alcoholic Liver Disease, alcohol withdrawal, taking a balanced diet, physical activities, and joining support groups are the most critical issues to modify the disease.
Yes. It takes a long time before hair grows back and lives a healthier life after an alcohol abstinence.
Liver produces the clotting factors, which are needed in the coagulation of blood. Once it is destroyed, the clotting potential goes down and nosebleeds and tendency to simply bruise are more common.
The degree of ALT and AST is determined with the help of a simple blood test. AST-ALT ratio exceeds 2:1- a sign of alcohol induced liver damage.
No. The presence of alcohol even in little quantities can intensify fat storage in liver and open up the potentialities of progressing into the more severe stages.
Your specialist can prescribe corticosteroids or pentoxifylline to reduce the liver inflammation. Do not disregard the instructions and dosage of your physician.
End-stage ALD is related to end cirrhosis in which liver can no longer carry out its functions resulting in certain complications including the development of fluid, blood loss, encephalopathy and transplant analysis.
ALD presents itself in three stages, i.e. fatty liver (reversible, early), alcoholic hepatitis (scary scarring inflammation) and cirrhosis (scarring, irreversible and permanent).
Yes. Liver fat and liver inflammation can be decreased through weight reduction to promote liver performance and delay onset of the disease especially at fatty liver stage.
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