Clinical stuay on 68 cases of alcoholic cirrhosis
- VernacularTitle:酒精性肝硬化68例临床分析
- Author:
Weiwen ZHU
;
Huajian ZHOU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Alcoholic liver cirrhosis;
Clinical feature;
Diagnosis;
Treatment
- From:
Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy
2006;0(12):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To study clinical features and its diagnosis and treatment of alcoholic cirrhosis.Methods 68 cases with alcoholic cirrhosis were retrospectively analyzed,with cirrhosis from hepatitis B as control.Results Alcoholic cirrhosis accounted for 8.5% of in-patient cirrhosis in the correspomding period,mean age being(53.5?14.6),and with more than 135g alcohol intake per day which persisted over 10 years.Such signs significantly increased as dark complexion,liver palms,spider naevi,hepatomegaly,ynecomastia,hypertrophy of parotid gland,?-glutamyltansferase(GGT),ratio of aspartate aminotransferase(AST) to alanine aminotransferase(ALT),mean corpuscular volume(MCV),uric acid(UA),serum ferritin(SF) rose apparently,usually combined with hepatogenic diabetes,peptic ulcer,hyperuricemia,hyperlipemia.Peculiar complication were alcohol withdrawal syndrome,gort,gouty arthritis,aseptic necrosis of femur.Among them,53 cases(77.9%) improved clinically,9 cases(13.2%) showed no effect,6 cases(8.8%) died.Conclusions Occurrence of dark complexion,liver palms,spider naevi,hepatomegaly,ynecomastia,hypertrophy of parotid gland and test of GGT,AST/ALT,MCV,UA,SF are helpful to clinic and differentiation diagnosis of alcoholic cirrhosis,abstinence are not able to prevent its development.Long-term therapy aiming at endotoxin toxemia might improve prognosis of alcoholic cirrhosis.
