Alcoholic hepatitis history and symptoms

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Shadan Mehraban, M.D.[2]

Alcoholic Hepatitis is suspected to occur in patients with excessive drinking over the decades.Symptoms of Alcoholic hepatitis can vary from mild to severe.The symptoms include nausea,malaise, low-grade fever, abdominal Pain, yellow discoloration of skin increased abdominal girth due to ascites, gastrointestinal bleeding due to variceal hemorrhage, lack of appetite, confusion, and lethargy.

• Alcoholic Hepatitis occurs in patients with excessive drinking over the decades
• Alcoholic Hepatitis can also occur after short period of drinking 100 g alcohol daily.
• Heavy drinking is considered as drinking ≥15 drinks/week in men and ≥8 drinks/week in women.
• Binge drinking is defined as consumption of ≥5 drinks in men and ≥ four drinks in women in 2 hours.
• According to National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) states that consumption of > 3 drinks (approximately 40 g) per day in women and 4 drinks (approximately 60 g) per day in men is considered as threshold for Alcoholic Hepatitis^[1]

• Symptoms of Alcoholic hepatitis can vary from mild to severe. The symptoms include:^[2]
  • Nausea
  • Malaise
  • Low-grade fever
  • Abdominal Pain
  • Yellow discoloration of skin
  • Increased abdominal girth due to Ascites
  • Gastrointestinal bleeding due to variceal hemorrhage
  • Lack of appetite
  • Confusion
  • Lethargy

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