The medical problems are of at least two types — problems related to the withdrawal of alcohol from the body (ranging from
severe hangovers to delirium tremens and
alcoholic hallucinosis) and problems of
severe malnutrition (cirrhosis of the
liver, polyneuropathy, Korsakoff's psychosis, and general malnutrition).
«
Alcoholic liver disease is a spectrum of conditions that range from hepatic steatosis, which is fat deposition in the liver and it is reversible with sobriety, to alcoholic hepatitis which is a more severe condition characterized by extensive and severe inflammation in the liver and often requires hospitalization,» explained Valentina Medici, associate professor of internal medicine at UC Davis Health System as well as corresponding author for t
Alcoholic liver disease is a spectrum of conditions that range from hepatic steatosis, which is fat deposition in the
liver and it is reversible with sobriety, to
alcoholic hepatitis which is a more severe condition characterized by extensive and severe inflammation in the liver and often requires hospitalization,» explained Valentina Medici, associate professor of internal medicine at UC Davis Health System as well as corresponding author for t
alcoholic hepatitis which is a more
severe condition characterized by extensive and
severe inflammation in the
liver and often requires hospitalization,» explained Valentina Medici, associate professor of internal medicine at UC Davis Health System as well as corresponding author for the study.
One third of these mice developed
severe hepatic steatosis (infiltration of
liver cells with fat), neutrophil infiltration, and necrosis, similar to that seen in patients with
alcoholic hepatitis.