Question 1

safe antidiabetic in alcoholic liver disease?

Accepted Answer

Antibiotic: There are numerous antibiotics that would be safe. However, of course every illness has its own prescribed regimen. Also if a hepatic impaired patient does have to take a medicine that can impact their liver then often the dose is lowered and liver function is followed closely.

Question 2

what are common symptoms of alcoholic liver disease?

Accepted Answer

ABDOMINAL DISTENSIO: Abdominal distension, yellow jaundice, edema of lower extremities, weakness, poor appetite, loss of weight, abdomonal pain, itching, nausea, vomiting blood, anemia and alcoholic facies.In end stage of aloholic liver disease it is hepatin encepalopathy with delirium and coma.

Question 3

what is the definition or description of: alcoholic liver disease?

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Definition provided: Alcohol is absorbed from the intestines and broken down in the liver.  Some of the byproducts are toxic to the liver and at high enough levels, can lead to alcoholic hepatitis.  This is usually self limiting when consumption is low and sporadic and is reversible.  When taken excessively and chronically, it can lead to scarring of the liver, and in some cases lead to cirrhosis and liver failure.

Question 4

is there anything that can be done for someone dying of alcoholic liver disease?

Accepted Answer

It depends: It depends what stage the alcoholic cirrhosis is.
Liver transplant can be successful and you have to find a center which does that.There are several centers in us.
But one has to stop drinking alcohol otherwise it will not succeed.

Question 5

how likely is a woman who drinks 1 or 2 drinks a day to develop alcoholic liver disease?

Accepted Answer

Less likely: As a rule two drinks a day, say 2 units, like 2 glasses of wine or two beers, or two shots a day in otherwise healthy person with no evidence of any other liver conition is safe and is unlikely to cause cirrhosis of liver.

Question 6

how could alcoholic liver disease have led to a brain bleed?

Accepted Answer

Clotting disorder: Alcoholic liver disease is associated with inadequate clotting factors in the blood. If the blood cannot clot properly, bleeding episodes can be much more severe.

Question 7

baked beans ok to eat with mild fatty alcoholic liver disease ?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Beans are good sincethey are high in fiber, they help regulate your blood sugar and should not worsen alcoholic fatty liver disease. They also help to lower cholesterol by drawing bile from the liver and Gallbladder into intestinal tract as part of digestion. Best of health to you

Question 8

do all alcoholics develop alcoholic liver disease or liver damage?

Accepted Answer

Both: Really they are the same thing.   Alcohol causes liver damage which causes liver disease.

Question 9

do you always go through stages with alcoholic liver disease or can you skip some?

Accepted Answer

: The natural progression will be in stages: alcoholic hepatitis/alcohol-associated steatohepatitis, fibrosis then cirrhosis.

Question 10

what is alcoholic liver disease and how can it be prevented?

Accepted Answer

Liver Cirrhosis/stop: Alcoholic liver disease ends up causing irreversible cirrhosis of liver and is preventable by stoping the alcohol ingestion, thats the only way.

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