Saturday, January 12, 2008
What kind of drinkers easier cirrhosis
According to statistics, there are 15 million to 20 million people drink, 10% to 20% of people with varying degrees of alcoholic liver disease. In China, there are many people drinking habits. We all know that moderate alcohol consumption for most people's health and no damage, a small amount of drinking some liquor, such as wine, the body has certain advantages. However, the long-term excessive drinking, especially high number of drinking wine, it will leave the liver cells recurring fatty degeneration and necrosis and regeneration the ultimate result in cirrhosis. ■ alcohol-induced liver disease are three types of alcoholic fatty liver generally no symptoms, there may be some weakness, malaise, loss of appetite, abdominal distention, nausea, vomiting performance, but also have obesity, enlarged liver and other signs. Alcoholic hepatitis patients often shortly before onset had drinking heavily, in addition to clinical manifestations NASH symptoms, there is fever, abdominal pain, diarrhea and weight loss are obvious. Patients were anemia and increased neutrophils, elevated transaminase, serum bilirubin, such as increased performance. Alcoholic cirrhosis patients with asymptomatic early, middle and late, there may be weight loss, loss of appetite, abdominal pain, fatigue, fever, urine color, gum bleeding and other symptoms. Patients with liver cirrhosis, there will be jaundice, ascites, edema, gastrointestinal bleeding and other symptoms, laboratory tests have anemia, WBC and platelet decline, lower serum albumin, globulin increased performance. ■ What kind of person likely to have alcoholic cirrhosis foreign studies show that the daily volume of 160 grams of alcohol, for 20 consecutive years, alcohol can cause cirrhosis. According to Beijing Friendship Hospital liver disease expert, alcoholic cirrhosis and the occurrence of drinking alcohol, sex, genetic factors, the nutritional status of the merger and whether the hepatitis virus infection. A large number of drinking more alcohol at the time a small number of dangers, daily alcohol drinkers than discontinuity caused great harm. Drinking women more susceptible than men alcohol-induced liver disease. Malnutrition, lack of protein, combined with chronic hepatitis B or hepatitis C virus infection and other factors will increase the risk of liver cirrhosis. How to prevent alcohol-induced liver disease -- to choose a healthy and civilized lifestyle. • Control of drinking, as alcohol consumption or non-alcoholic beverages. • drink to the timely high protein, cellulose diet, particularly vitamin B, vitamin A, C, K and folic acid, etc.. • drinking heavily or chronic drinkers, should regularly check liver function.
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