Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Managing Risks from Alcohol

Alcohol and its effects on the liver

Your liver is vital to you, and alcoholic fatty liver disease is one of the serious ways alcohol can damage it. Below is some information from the NHS:
“It is estimated that:
• 90-100% of heavy drinkers have alcoholic fatty liver disease
• one in four drinkers with fatty liver disease will develop alcoholic hepatitis
• one in five drinkers with fatty liver disease will develop cirrhosis
A heavy drinker is someone who regularly exceeds the recommended weekly limit for alcohol consumption. This is 3-4 units of alcohol a day for men, and 2-3 units for women.
Women are more likely to develop alcoholic liver disease, but men are more likely to die from it, possibly because men tend to be heavier drinkers.
In 2008, there were 4,764 deaths in England and Wales due to alcoholic liver disease. Three-quarters of these were men.

Risk factors of alcohol-related liver disease

Death rates linked to alcoholic liver disease have risen by over two-thirds (69%) in the last 30 years. This makes alcohol one of the most common causes of death, along with smoking and high blood pressure.
Fatty liver disease and hepatitis can develop at any age. Cirrhosis usually develops in people aged 40 or over. However, cases of cirrhosis have been reported in people of all ages, including teenagers.”
If you, or someone you know, drinks too much and/or suffers from any of the symptoms in the video above – although, if they don’t know, they will if they continue drinking – then contact us to find out how alcohol treatment – whether an alcohol detox or residential alcohol rehab – can help stop and prevent any damage.

Getting help for alcoholism

It’s never too early or too late to start contemplating positive changes in your life. If you binge drink occasionally but suspect that you might have a problem, you may avoid serious health complications by getting help immediately. If you’ve been drinking for years and you fear that you’ve run out of options, our compassionate and experienced addiction specialists can offer support and hope.

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