Acute alcoholic hepatitis often ...

There are acute and chronic alcoholic hepatitis. Acute alcoholic hepatitis usually occurs between the ages of 25-30 years after a heavy drinking bout against the backdrop of a decade or more long-term alcohol abuse. Characterized by an acute onset of the disease - with the appearance of abdominal pain, jaundice, fever, nausea, vomiting. Jaundice is more common in moderation. This clinical picture may be characteristic of certain other liver diseases. Therefore, for the correct diagnosis is important to establish the systematic use of sick "strong drinks", often by questioning his family and friends. Relapse of acute alcoholic hepatitis often have a poor prognosis, since there are already on the background hepatic lesions. In these patients, more frequent complications that can lead to death: bleeding, hepatic coma, renal, infectious complications. Long-term prognosis associated with the degree of active hepatitis and the possibility of developing cirrhosis of the liver: 38% of patients with cirrhosis of the liver occurs in less than 5 years, the majority (52%) revealed chronic hepatitis, and only 10% of patients with acute alcoholic hepatitis are allowed in full. Course of chronic alcoholic hepatitis depends on the frequency of exacerbations. With frequent exacerbations can result in rapid liver cirrhosis (for 5-10 years). Of great importance is the degree of development in the liver connective tissue that replaces the liver cells, which leads to a gradual deterioration of the functioning of the body. Over the past 10-15 years in the structure of liver diseases prevalent viral hepatitis. Perhaps a combination of viral and alcoholic lesions that worsen the prognosis of the disease. Patients with alcoholism are often drug addicts, and that can lead to Match - alcoholic, viral, and actually toxic - liver damage. However, not all people who abuse alcohol develop chronic liver disease. So, according to an autopsy, the prevalence of cirrhosis among alcoholics is approximately 10-15%. Why is the existing predisposition to the emergence of alcoholic liver disease in some people, is unknown. To date, only a few established laws of this. For most people, a dangerous dose of pure alcohol was 80 grams per day. As a rule, men with alcoholic liver disease, drinking alcohol regularly, the dose on average was equal to 160 grams a day for 7-8 years. Liver damage does not depend on the type of alcoholic beverage, and related only to the alcohol content. Prolonged daily consumption of alcohol is more dangerous than its periodic reception at which the liver has the ability to restore its function. Currently, there is growth in alcoholic liver disease in women. On the background of alcoholic hepatitis in them more often than men develop cirrhosis, even if they stop drinking alcohol.