Brief Answer: yes, alcoholic hepatitis is curable. Detailed Answer: Hello there, Welcome to HCM, Yes, alcoholic hepatitis is curable. The treatment is based on the percentage of the liver damage. If you are affected with mild hepatitis, avoiding alcohol intake, ensure good nutrition; providing supplemental vitamins and minerals, including folate and thiamine is sufficient. If the damage of liver is little worsen, steroids like prednisolone are used to extent to prevent the inflammation and injury. In case of severe injury, Liver transplantation is available. So do not worry, its curable only,what you needed is proper medication and reduction in level of alcohol intake. Feel free to ask if you have any other query in mind. Take care.

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Brief Answer: AST/ ALT level alone do not predict the prognosis Detailed Answer: Hello XXXX, nice to see you again, I understand your feeling, but do not worry, as AST and ALT level alone do not predict the prognosis (outcome). In normal individual AST/ALT < 1, in case of alcoholic hepatitis its >2 . The rise of the single parameter like AST alone or ALT alone is XXXXXXX in your case there is associated increase in AST from 66 to 99 and ALT from 18 to 27, due to the underlying mild to moderate damage to the liver. Am happy to know that you are abstained for a week,I insist you to go on and avoid to binge on alcohol. The levels of enzymes falls down gradually, so don’t feel worried about the lab results. Have healthy diet as advised in previous query, your enzyme levels will drop to normal gradually. Take care.

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