What are the consequences of alcoholic liver disease

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My father was sick and wanted to vomit, and he often had pain in his upper abdomen. His face was much worse than before. I bought him some medicine, but it didn't get any better. Later, I went to check and found that he had alcoholic liver disease. Now I'm doing active treatment. Many patients didn't like it after they found alcoholic liver disease. In fact, if they didn't treat alcoholic liver disease in time, there would be a problem Some serious consequences, on these aspects of knowledge I give you to introduce it!

What are the consequences of alcoholic liver disease

First of all, if not treated, alcoholic liver will cause some nausea, vomiting, liver discomfort, fatigue, anorexia, abdominal distension, greasiness and other symptoms, some patients will appear jaundice, dark complexion, spider nevus, fever and other symptoms, some patients will appear low fever, diarrhea, numbness of limbs, hand tremor, sexual dysfunction and other symptoms, serious cases of portal hypertension with splenomegaly Liver ascites and other symptoms.

Secondly, alcoholic liver can also cause gastrointestinal diseases. The main component of alcoholic liver is ethanol. In the process of metabolism, ethanol will produce hyperlactemia and ketosis, leading to Ag (anion gap) metabolic acidosis, which will also lead to respiratory poisoning, leading to gastrointestinal and renal tubular malabsorption and other adverse reactions.

Finally, alcoholic liver serious, but also cause ascites, alcoholic liver due to liver damage, nutrients can not be effectively absorbed, at the same time due to electrolyte disorders and other phenomena caused by a large number of ascites. When this situation occurs, if it can not be effectively handled, it is a great threat to the health and life of patients.

matters needing attention

Alcoholic liver disease will be more and more serious, especially the influence of alcohol on him is very big. Abstinence is the most important measure for the treatment of alcoholic fatty liver. Attention should be paid to the prevention and treatment of abstinence syndrome in the process of abstinence. The patients with alcoholic fatty liver need good nutritional support, should provide high protein, low-fat diet on the basis of abstinence, and pay attention to supplement vitamin B, vitamin C, vitamin K and folic acid.