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== Diagnosis ==
== Diagnosis ==


[[Alcoholic liver disease history and symptoms|History and Symptoms]] | [[Alcoholic liver disease physical examination|Physical Examination]] | [[Alcoholic liver disease laboratory findings|Laboratory Findings]] | [[Alcoholic liver disease electrocardiogram|Electrocardiogram]] | [[Alcoholic liver disease x ray|X Ray]] | [[Alcoholic liver disease CT|CT]] | [[Alcoholic liver disease MRI|MRI]] | [[Alcoholic liver disease echocardiography or ultrasound|Echocardiography or Ultrasound]] | [[Alcoholic liver disease other imaging findings|Other Imaging Findings]] | [[Alcoholic liver disease other diagnostic studies|Other Diagnostic Studies]]
[[Alcoholic liver disease history and symptoms|History and Symptoms]] | [[Alcoholic liver disease physical examination|Physical Examination]] | [[Alcoholic liver disease laboratory findings|Laboratory Findings]] | [[Alcoholic liver disease x ray|X Ray]] | [[Alcoholic liver disease CT|CT]] | [[Alcoholic liver disease MRI|MRI]] | [[Alcoholic liver disease echocardiography or ultrasound|Echocardiography or Ultrasound]] | [[Alcoholic liver disease other imaging findings|Other Imaging Findings]] | [[Alcoholic liver disease other diagnostic studies|Other Diagnostic Studies]]


== Treatment ==
== Treatment ==


[[Alcoholic liver disease medical therapy|Medical Therapy]] | [[Alcoholic liver disease primary prevention|Primary Prevention]] | [[Alcoholic liver disease secondary prevention|Secondary Prevention]] | [[Alcoholic liver disease cost-effectiveness of therapy|Cost-Effectiveness of Therapy]] | [[Alcoholic liver disease future or investigational therapies|Future or Investigational Therapies]]
[[Alcoholic liver disease medical therapy|Medical Therapy]] | [[Alcoholic liver disease Surgery|Surgery]] | [[Alcoholic liver disease primary prevention|Primary Prevention]] | [[Alcoholic liver disease secondary prevention|Secondary Prevention]] | [[Alcoholic liver disease cost-effectiveness of therapy|Cost-Effectiveness of Therapy]] | [[Alcoholic liver disease future or investigational therapies|Future or Investigational Therapies]]


== Case Studies ==
== Case Studies ==


[[Alcoholic liver disease case study one|Case #1]]
[[Alcoholic liver disease case study one|Case #1]]
===Ultrasonography===
* Used for excluding biliary obstruction
* Ascites
===CT scan===
* To exclude pancreatic disease
* To exclude Space occupying lesions
* Collateral vessels
===MRI===
* To exclude pancreatic disease
* To exclude space occupying lesions
* Collateral vessels
===Liver biopsy===
* '''Fatty liver'''
** Macrovesicular fat
* '''Alcoholic hepatitis'''
** Polymorphonuclear infiltration
** Hepatic necrosis
** [[Mallory bodies]] in hepatocytes
** Perivenular and perisinusoidal fibrosis
** Ballooning hepatocytes
** Steatosis,
* '''Alcoholic cirrhosis'''
** [[Micronodular cirrhosis]]
==Treatment==
===Medical therapy===
====General====
* Abstinence from alcohol
* Counseling and family support during alcohol abstinence
* [[Naltrexone]] or [[acamprosate]] to reduce relapse
* Nutritional support - Adequate amounts of carbohydrates and calories as alcoholics are commonly malnourished. This prevents endogenous protein catabolism, and [[hypoglycemia]]. Administration of [[thiamine]] is important with glucose supplements. This is so because glucose administration increases B1 consumption and B1 deficiency may lead to [[Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome]].
* [[Folic acid]], thiamine, and [[zinc]] supplements are recommended.
====Drug therapy====
=====Alcoholic hepatitis=====
* '''Methylprednisolone'''
** Decreases short term mortality
** Usually given for 1 month
** Serum [[bilirubin]] is used as a predictor for treatment success. Failure of the serum bilirubin level to decline after 7 days of treatment predicts poor prognosis
** Another predictor of treatment is '''Lille model''' comprising, age, serum [[creatinine]], serum [[albumin]], [[prothrombin time]] (or INR), serum [[bilirubin]] on admission, and serum bilirubin on day 7
* '''Pentoxifylline'''
* It is a [[tumor necrosis factor]] inhibitor
* Used in patients with contraindications to steroids
* Usually given for 1 months
* Decreases mortality
* Decreases risk of [[hepatorenal syndrome]]
'''Other less commonly used drugs'''
* Steroids + [[N-acetylcysteine]]
* [[Propylthiouracil]]
* [[Oxandrolone]]
* [[S-adenosyl-L-methionine]]
* [[Infliximab]]
==References==
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[[Category:Pathology]]
[[Category:Pathology]]

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