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The document discusses alcohol liver disease (ALD). It summarizes that excessive alcohol consumption can damage the liver through oxidative stress and inflammation, leading to fatty liver disease and eventual cirrhosis. The pathogenesis involves ethanol metabolism altering lipid and glutathione levels in hepatocytes. ALD ranges from simple fatty liver to hepatitis and cirrhosis. Treatment includes limiting alcohol intake and medications that reduce oxidative stress and inflammation like astaxanthin and glut
- Author
- Ravi Shankar
- Language
- EN