Alcoholic hepatitis history and symptoms

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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