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Alcoholic Liver Disease
Hepatology · Digestive & Gastrointestinal
Severe
Severity
Common — a significant contributor to liver disease burden in India, closely tied to patterns of alcohol consumption
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Hepatology
Specialist
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Caused by prolonged
- 2heavy alcohol consumption that overwhelms the liver's capacity to safely metabolise alcohol
- 3leading to accumulation of toxic byproducts that damage liver cells and trigger inflammation and scarring over time. Genetic factors influence individual susceptibility to alcohol-related liver damage
- 4meaning some people develop significant disease with less exposure than others. Coexisting conditions such as viral hepatitis
- 5obesity
- 6and poor nutrition can accelerate the progression and severity of alcohol-related liver damage.
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