Symptoms of Alcoholic Liver Disease
Alcoholic liver disease is a term that encompasses the liver manifestations of alcohol overconsumption, including fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis, and chronic hepatitis with liver fibrosis or cirrhosis. It is the major cause of liver disease in Western countries. Although steatosis (fatty liver) will develop in any individual who consumes a large quantity of alcoholic beverages over a long period of time, this process is transient and reversible. Of all chronic heavy drinkers, only 15–20% develop hepatitis or cirrhosis, which can occur concomitantly or in succession. Mian symptoms of Alcoholic Liver Disease are listed as follows:
-- Acetaminophen toxicity
-- Fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
-- Fibrosis
-- Hepatitis
-- Jaundice
-- Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC)
-- Cancer
-- Cirrhosis
-- Cysts