How to check alcoholic liver

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My uncle suffers from alcoholic liver disease. My uncle's drinking is relatively serious, which leads to the occurrence of alcoholic liver disease. Patients with alcoholic liver disease should be treated as soon as possible. Now I will tell you about how to check alcoholic liver disease.

How to check alcoholic liver

First: blood routine examination. Patients with alcoholic liver disease may have leukocytosis, various abnormal red blood cells, including target cells, giant red blood cells, prickle cells and mouth cells, increased mean red blood cell volume (MCV), and thrombocytopenia.

Secondly: liver function test. Patients with alcoholic liver disease will have increased serum bilirubin, aspartate aminotransferase (AST) activity significantly increased, while alanine aminotransferase (ALT) activity only slightly increased or normal.

Finally: liver B ultrasound and CT examination. The ratio of liver and spleen density can be used as the reference standard to measure alcoholic fatty liver or the basis of follow-up effect.

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Patients with alcoholic liver disease should be treated as soon as possible, and it is best to quit smoking and drinking. Some patients have alcoholic hyaline body (Mallory body), with neutrophil infiltration of cell necrosis, balloon like degeneration of liver cells, etc. after liver biopsy.