Symptoms of alcoholic liver ascites

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My younger brother likes drinking very much. Some time ago, he was found to have alcoholic liver disease, and there are signs of ascites. It is suggested that smoking and drinking should be stopped, and positive treatment should be taken. So today I always introduce the symptoms of alcoholic liver ascites.

Symptoms of alcoholic liver ascites

First, the incidence rate of alcoholic liver disease increased year by year, and the degree of its disease was directly proportional to the total amount of alcohol consumption. Alcoholic liver disease is hidden and has a high incidence rate, which can evolve into alcoholic hepatitis and cirrhosis. The data show that the liver injury of patients with alcoholic liver disease in China is serious, and 28% of them are alcoholic hepatitis. Alcoholic cirrhosis accounted for 37.8%. 4%。

Second, mild alcoholic cirrhosis will appear abdominal distension, fatigue, liver discomfort, anorexia, but also jaundice, hepatomegaly and tenderness, pale complexion, ascites, edema, spider nevus, fever, leukocytosis, similar bacterial infection, a small number of splenomegaly and other symptoms.

Third, in addition to the above symptoms, moderate and severe patients had persistent low fever, diarrhea, numbness of limbs, hand tremor, decreased sexual function, erectile dysfunction in men, etc. liver function examination showed moderate increase of AST and alt, AST / ALT ratio close to 3 and other indicators. Alcoholic cirrhosis will lead to a series of complications in the late stage, leading to death. There are: upper gastrointestinal bleeding, hepatic encephalopathy, electrolyte disorders, acid-base imbalance and other categories.

matters needing attention

Patients with alcoholic liver ascites need absolute prohibition of smoking and drinking. It is suggested that patients should eat a light diet instead of spicy and greasy food, eat more vegetables, fruits and coarse grains, keep a happy mood, and eat more B vitamins, which plays an important physiological role in promoting digestion, protecting liver and preventing fatty liver. Vitamin C can promote metabolism and detoxify. Fat soluble vitamins A, D and E have different degrees of protective effects on liver. The ascites can be extracted by puncturing, and then injected with anhydrous alcohol to prevent the further formation of ascites. At ordinary times, we should eat salt free or low salt diet, do not eat spicy and greasy food, and absolutely prohibit smoking and drinking.