Alcoholic Steatohepatitis

Paper Summary:

The paper explains that steatohepatitis is a liver disease that commonly occurs amongst alcoholics and people suffering from diabetes and obesity. The paper examines relevant literature and relates that the exact nature and causal factors for alcoholic steatohepatitis are still somewhat unclear. The paper concludes that more research into alcohol consumption, steatohepatitis and lifestyle choices needs to be conducted.

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Introduction
Alcoholic Steatohepatitis At A Glance
Literature on Alcoholic Steatohepatitis
Conclusion

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"Steatohepatitis is generally characterized by physicians in terms of lesions that differ from portal-based chronic inflammation and fibrosis of other typical liver diseases (Brunt et.al., 2003, p. 49). Current medical evidence sways in favour of the condition co-existing with other liver diseases. Those who are diagnosed as having steatohepatitis typically exhibit symptoms such as obesity in association with characteristics of alcohol consumption, physical inactivity and smoking (Haenle et. al., 2006). Alcoholic steatohepatitis and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis involve very similar symptoms, so diagnosis is often made based on patient information regarding alcohol intake (Choudhurry & Sanyal, 2005). Alcoholic fatty liver conditions such as alcoholic steatohepatitis are generally considered to be reversible, as they are the direct consequence of excessive alcohol consumption ("Alcoholic Fatty Liver", 2005)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Alcoholic Fatty Liver. (2005, December 13). E-medicine. Retrieved October 29, 2006, from http://www.emedicine.com/MED/topic99.htm
• Brunt, Elizabeth; Ramrakhiani, Sunil; Cordes, Barry; Neuschwander-Tetri, Brent; Janney, Christine; Bacon, Bruce and Di Bisceglie, Adrian. (2003). Concurrence of Histologic Features of Steatohepatitis with Other Forms of Chronic Liver Disease. Modern Pathology, 16(1):49-56.
• Choudhury, Jayanta and Sanyal, Arun J. (2005, January 1). Clinical Aspects of Fatty Liver Disease: Seminars in Liver Disease. Medscape Today. Retrieved October 29, 2006 from http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/497001
• Dixon, John B., Dixon, Maureen E. and O'Brien, Paul E. (2002). Alcohol Consumption in the Severely Obese: Relationship with the Metabolic Syndrome. The North American Association for the Study of Obesity. Obesity Research, 10:245-252
• Haenle, Mark; Brockmann, Stefan; Kron , Martina; Bertling, Ursula; Mason, Richard; Steinbach, Gerald; Boehm, Bernhard; Koenig, Wolfgang; Kern, Peter; Piechotowski, Isolde; Kratzer, Wolfgang & The EMIL-Study group. "Overweight, Physical Activity, Tobacco and Alcohol Consumption in a Cross-sectional Random sample of German adults." (2006, September 18). BMC Public Health. 6: 233. Retrieved October 29, 2006 from http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1586017

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