Thursday, March 6, 2008

Alcoholic hepatitis prognosis?

Alcoholic hepatitis poor prognosis, but if timely Temperance and hospital treatment, the majority resume. As already chronic alcoholic liver disease foundation, such as patients continue to drink. it inevitably will develop liver cirrhosis or liver failure complicated, some alcoholic hepatitis development of liver fibrosis, instead of the development of cirrhosis, according to statistics seven years in mortality over 50%, with the prognosis factors encephalopathy, ascites, prothrombin activity, and renal failure. The main causes of death of liver failure. Dual may die of lung fat embolism caused by the shock, hypoglycemia and acute pancreatitis.

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