Symptoms of mild alcoholic liver disease

1, symptoms

 Mild symptoms, and even some patients asymptomatic, found only in the laboratory abnormalities, symptoms are non-specific, but a general abdominal distention, fatigue, liver discomfort, anorexia and other common symptoms. China-Japan Friendship Hospital, confirmed by liver biopsy of 41 patients with mild alcoholic liver disease, 17% asymptomatic, abdominal distention 61%, fatigue 56%, 26% of liver pain, a few people have hands and feet numbness, diarrhea, sexual dysfunction and so on.

 2, Signs

 Most of the nutritional status of good, may have obesity, a small number of patients with liver large, may be from the rib margin of 1-2cm. Occasionally, spider angioma and liver anthurium can be seen, but the jaundice in this type is extremely rare.

 Third, laboratory tests

 A slight change in laboratory, or even examinations completely normal, or only a slight change in item 1-2. China-Japan Friendship Hospital, 41 patients with complete data in the examination of 34 cases, the examination was normal in 18 cases, accounting for 53%. 41 patients with elevated triglycerides in the blood accounted for 33.3%, serum total bilirubin increased 22.2%, ALT levels were accounted for 18.4%.

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