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Suggest Treatment For Alcoholic Hepatitis

hi my mom has alcohol hepatitis she has stop getting out of bed and will hardly eat anything. But she is still drinking everyday. How can I help her. This morning she woke up and was shaking so hard she can barely walk. But refusing to go to the hospital.
Mon, 29 Feb 2016
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Your query can be expalined as following:

1. Since she is a chronic alcoholic thus probably one has to examine her very carefully to exclude hepato cellular failure and for cirrhosis of liver.

2. Chronic liver disease usually passes through a long period of non specific symptoms like fatigue,flatulent dyspepsia, anorexia (present) known as COMPENSATED Cirrhosis and appearance of ascites,jaundice,encephalopathy, G.I.bleeding and pre coma are known as DECOMPENSTED Cirrhosis thus:

. Check with blood examination: Hb%,TLC,DLC,ESR
. Stool for occult blood
. Chest X-ray
. Liver Function Test
. Endoscopy of upper G.I. tract.

3. It could be chronic alcoholism with Tremors thus stop alcohol and give high protein nutritious diet. (But if there is impending coma-no protein diet)

MANAGEMENT:

. Abstinence from alcohol intake.
.Rest: reduction of physical activitiy reduces metabolic demands of liver and increases the renal perfusion.
. Diet: salt free high protein diet, if not taking orally then:
Inj. Neurobion 2cc IM daily for 10 days
I.V. 25% glucose (4 ampules) stat and then I.V. Dextrose 5% 1000ml with 1 ampule MVI
Ryle's tube and stomach wash

. When able to take by mouth:
Tablet Liv. 52: 2 tab. thrice daily
Syrup Jaundex: 2 tsf twice daily
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Suggest Treatment For Alcoholic Hepatitis

** Your query can be expalined as following: 1. Since she is a chronic alcoholic thus probably one has to examine her very carefully to exclude hepato cellular failure and for cirrhosis of liver. 2. Chronic liver disease usually passes through a long period of non specific symptoms like fatigue,flatulent dyspepsia, anorexia (present) known as COMPENSATED Cirrhosis and appearance of ascites,jaundice,encephalopathy, G.I.bleeding and pre coma are known as DECOMPENSTED Cirrhosis thus: . Check with blood examination: Hb%,TLC,DLC,ESR . Stool for occult blood . Chest X-ray . Liver Function Test . Endoscopy of upper G.I. tract. 3. It could be chronic alcoholism with Tremors thus stop alcohol and give high protein nutritious diet. (But if there is impending coma-no protein diet) MANAGEMENT: . Abstinence from alcohol intake. .Rest: reduction of physical activitiy reduces metabolic demands of liver and increases the renal perfusion. . Diet: salt free high protein diet, if not taking orally then: Inj. Neurobion 2cc IM daily for 10 days I.V. 25% glucose (4 ampules) stat and then I.V. Dextrose 5% 1000ml with 1 ampule MVI Ryle s tube and stomach wash . When able to take by mouth: Tablet Liv. 52: 2 tab. thrice daily Syrup Jaundex: 2 tsf twice daily