Is Liver And Kidney Damage Possible Due To Alcoholism?
I know of a woman who has been an alcoholic for decades. She is now in her early sixties and on blood pressure medication. She is suffering hair loss,has a rash below her neck and is experiencing back pain. Her face is also swollen in the morning , particularly around her eyes. Apart from the blood pressure she refuses to get checked by a doctor. I fear it will be too late when she is diagnosed. I suspect liver and kidney damage. What do you think. Many thanks.
As she took alcohol since many years she has develop liver damage already but up to what extent that we know only by examination and ultrasound.
First of all she needs to quit alcohol to control liver damage.
what ever the symptoms you described suggestive of liver damage.
Go for liver function and renal function and also ultrasound of abdomen.
Thank you
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Is Liver And Kidney Damage Possible Due To Alcoholism?
Hi dear, thank you for your query. As she took alcohol since many years she has develop liver damage already but up to what extent that we know only by examination and ultrasound. First of all she needs to quit alcohol to control liver damage. what ever the symptoms you described suggestive of liver damage. Go for liver function and renal function and also ultrasound of abdomen. Thank you