Alcohol
malfunction. Abinence from alcohol can bring complete reversal and cure without
leaving residual cirrhosis.
Alcoholic hepatitis is an acute illness often characterized by nausea, vomiting,abdominal
pain, fever, jaundice, enlarged and tender liver, and an elevation of the white blood cell
count. Sometimes alcoholic hepatitis may be present without symptoms. Once it
develops, it progresses to cirrhosis if alcohol comsumption continnues.
Alcoholic cirrhosis is permanent scar tissue, called cirrhosis, forms when the liver cells
are damaged by alcohol or drugs. Continued use of alcohol will cause additional scarring
and serious health problems. Some people are more culnerable than others to this
disease, which occurs in 10% to 15% of prople who consume large amounts of alcohol
over a long period of time.
CANCER
UPPER DIGESTIVE TRACT
The strongest link with alcohol involves cancers of the upper digestive tract,