What are the examination items of alcoholic liver

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At present, nearly 15-40 million people in the world drink alcohol, which is the main cause of alcoholic liver disease. The early symptoms of alcoholic liver disease are not obvious, it is difficult to find. Its formation needs a gradual process. Now let me tell you about the examination items of alcoholic liver.

What are the examination items of alcoholic liver

First: Patients with alcoholic liver disease may have leukocytosis, various morphologic abnormalities of red blood cells, including target cells, giant red blood cells, spiny cells and mouth cells, increased mean red blood cell volume (MCV), may appear thrombocytopenia, due to the direct toxic effect of alcohol on bone marrow or secondary hypersplenism.

Second: the serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase and alanine aminotransferase can be increased in varying degrees, but these indicators lack specificity, and need to be combined with other examinations for auxiliary diagnosis. Generally, when the AST / ALT ratio is 2, it has high reference value for the diagnosis of alcoholic fatty liver.

Third: liver B-mode ultrasound and CT examination can assist in the diagnosis of alcoholic fatty liver. In addition, CT plain scan is selected for clinical diagnosis of alcoholic fatty liver. The density ratio of liver and spleen can be used as the reference standard to measure alcoholic fatty liver or the basis for follow-up efficacy.

matters needing attention

Pay attention to diet health care, patients should eat more high protein, high vitamin, high calorie diet food, and strictly limit fat intake. It's very important for patients with alcoholic liver disease to live and eat in daily life, but they can't leave the treatment. It's also important to choose a good treatment. The two are inseparable and indispensable.