Alcohol and liver disease
goodtoknow says: Alcoholic liver disease happens when you drink too much alcohol. There are three main types, fatty liver disease, alcoholic hepatitis and alcoholic cirrhosis. The heavier you drink and the more often you drink the more likely you are to get one of them. Diagnosis is usually done by blood test, ultrasound scan or biopsy. If you stop drinking immediately there's a good chance you will recover. However, in severe cases of cirrhosis a liver transplant may be required. You are very unlikely to develop liver problems if you drink sensibly.
For a full medical explanation of the causes, symptoms and treatments of alcohol and liver disease from patient.co.uk, read on
Drinking too much alcohol can lead to three types of liver conditions - fatty liver, hepatitis, and cirrhosis. You are unlikely to develop these problems if you drink within the recommended safe limits detailed below. For all types of liver disease caused by alcohol, the main treatment is to stop drinking completely.
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Liver disease is the fourth commonest cause of death in adults between the ages of 20 and 70 years in Canada. Alcohol is still the commonest cause of chronic liver disease in this country. Not all those who abuse alcohol develop liver damage: the incidence of cirrhosis among alcoholics is approximately 10-30%. The mechanism for the predisposition of certain people to develop cirrhosis is still unknown. The amount of alcohol ingested has been shown in epidemiological studies to be the most important factor in determining the development of cirrhosis. Males drinking in excess of 80 g and females in excess of 40 g of alcohol per day for 10 years are at a high risk of developing cirrhosis. The alcohol content rather than the type of beverage is important, and binge drinking is less injurious to the liver than continued daily drinking. ----------------------------------------- anupacraig <a href="http://www.alcoholismtreatment.info">alcoholism treatment</a>
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