Alcoholic Hepatitis

The main cause of the disease is the abusive use of any type of alcoholic beverage. The amount that causes liver disease varies from person to person, making it necessary, on average, smaller dose to cause disease in women than in men.

The dose of high risk is 80g of alcohol per day, equivalent to 5-8 doses of whiskey (240 ml), slightly less than one and half wine bottle (800 ml) and 2 liters of beer.

The longer the time taken (years), the greater the risk of alcoholic hepatitis and cirrhosis. Some people may get sick even with much lower doses and time than the average mentioned above.
Treatment
The treatment of alcoholic hepatitis is done by eliminating the alcohol, which promotes a visible improvement in liver function.
They are used medications such as corticosteroids, and fosfatildicolina ursodesoxicólicos acid that act as anti-inflammatory and act against the toxins of alcohol.
If large deterioration of the liver tissues, the best treatment option is liver transplantation. All patients with alcoholic hepatitis may be candidates for transplants, where the selection criteria are based on clinical data. Survival after a liver transplant is between 60% and 100%.

Prevention
Alcoholic hepatitis occurs by repeated ingestion of large amounts of beverage, with moderate consumption how best to avoid it. Quantities are detrimental to those mentioned above, fitting to note that certain people much smaller doses can make them sick. People who "bear" greater amounts of alcohol before they become drunk, are equally risky to serious illness. Individuals with other liver diseases suffer more easily from alcoholic hepatitis.
No known until now forms prevention of autoimmune hepatitis.
Neither it is known that individuals will predict hepatitis with the use of certain drugs that are not harmful to most people.