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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