Transcription of Exploring Alcohol’s Effects on Liver Function
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Exploring Alcohol’s Effects on Liver Function
N association between Liver disease and heavy alcoholconsumption was recognizedmore than 200 years ago (Smart andMann 1992). Long-term heavy alco-hol use is the most prevalent singlecause of illness and death from liverdisease in the United States (NationalCenter for Health Statistics 1994).The Liver is particularly susceptible toalcohol-related injury because it is theprimary site of alcohol alcohol is broken down in theliver, a number of potentially danger-ous by-products are generated, such asacetaldehyde and highly reactivemolecules called free radicals. Per-haps more so than alcohol itself, theseproducts contribute to alcohol-inducedliver Liver is one of the largest or-gans in the body; it has not only con-siderable reserves but also the abilityto regenerate itself.
abdominal pain. The condition can be fatal but may be reversible with abstinence. Alcoholic hepatitis occurs in up to 50 percent of heavy drinkers (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism [NIAAA] 1993). • Alcoholic cirrhosis. This most ad-vanced form of liver disease is diag-nosed in 15 to 30 percent of heavy drinkers. Between 40 ...
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