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Diagnosis and Treatment Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is a serious and potentially fatal consequence of alcohol use. The diagnosis of ALD is based on drinking history, physical signs and symptoms, and laboratory tests. Treatment strategies for ALD include lifestyle changes to reduce alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking, and obesity; nutrition therapy; and pharmacological therapy. The diagnosis…
Alcoholic Hepatitis B. J. Johnson Excessive alcohol consumption is the third-leading preventable cause of death in the United States. Alcohol-associated mortality is disproportionately high among young people, and approximately 30 years of life are lost per alcohol-associated death – or in the aggregate, 2.3 million years of potential life lost in 2001 in the United…
Complications at Diagnosis April 27, 2010 − Wiley-Blackwell A recent study by Danish researchers discovered patients with alcoholic cirrhosis had a high prevalence of complications at the time of the disease diagnosis. Researchers noted that complications, such as ascites (excessive fluid in the abdomen), were predictors of mortality, but did not develop in a predictable…
Alcohol and Liver Disease Liver Lines: June 23, 2011 Written by David Bernstein, MD, FACP, FACG Friday, 24 June 2011 00:00 There is a perception that alcohol is the most common cause of chronic liver disease and cirrhosis in our country. Most people in the community and even doctors believe this to be a true…
Reliable Screening Test? Screening for liver damage due to alcohol, some medicines, or other toxins may be difficult. Though acute liver failure is obvious as in mushroom poisoning or Tylenol overdose, often presenting with severe jaundice and nausea. But chronic liver damage may be more insidious. Elevations in liver enzymes tested for in routine lab…
Tumors of the Liver and Biliary System The liver filters both arterial and portal venous blood and thus is a major site for the spread of metastatic cancers, particularly those that originate in the abdomen. Metastatic liver tumors can develop after the primary tumor has been identified, or patients can present initially with the signs…
Therapies Can Extend Life in Infiltrative Liver Cancer SAN FRANCISCO – Both sorafenib and transcatheter arterial chemoembolization/radiofrequency ablation can extend the lives of patients with infiltrative hepatocellular carcinoma, according to a retrospective review of 155 patients. The radiologic-based therapy gave patients a median of 3 additional months of life; sorafenib (Nexavar) gave them a median…
The Ten Commandments for Cancer Survival by Paul H. Klein 1. Thou shalt regard the word, “Cancer”, as exactly that: a word. Nothing more, nothing less. For its original meaning has changed mightily over the years, as have such words as Smallpox, TB, and Polio, all once dreaded ailments, now non-existent as maladies. And thus,…
Seeking Solutions for Liver Cancer with Cirrhosis Posted November 4th, 2011 Researchers from Japan are working on strategies to help those with primary liver cancer and moderate to severe cirrhosis. by Nicole Cutler, L.Ac. Hepatocellular carcinoma is a deadly cancer, taking the lives of many patients within a year of being diagnosed. Although several breakthroughs…
Liver Cancer Signs and Symptoms Liver is one of the most vital organs of the body. Liver cancer causes the liver to malfunction which may further result in imbalance in the metabolism of the body. Read on to find what are the liver cancer signs and symptoms. In humans, the liver is located below the…