Abstract
Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) – the most common cause of advanced liver disease in Europe. The average alcohol consumption in the world is 6.13 l of pure alcohol per person older than 15 years, in Slovakia it is 13.3 l of pure alcohol per person. The rising trend of alcohol consumption among children and young people in Slovakia is alarming. According to data from the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic, in 2011, one Slovak older than 15 years of age drank on average up to 4.5 liters of pure alcohol. In Slovakia we observe an increasing trend of alcoholic hepatitis in increasingly younger age groups, deaths including. Alcohol is the leading cause of more than 200 diseases and injuries, early work inability and mortality. Elimination of alcohol dependence would significantly contribute to the reduction of preventable liver diseases worldwide. In the article the author presents risk factors of alcoholic liver disease, brief diagnostic, clinical symptoms, treatment and patients’ prognosis.
Highlights
Many chronic diseases can be prevented. They are the result of smoking, harmful alcohol use, poor eating habits and insufficient physical activity
Elimination of alcohol dependence would significantly contribute to the reduction of preventable liver diseases worldwide
According to the WHO, on average, people in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Estonia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Latvia, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Poland consume more alcohol compared to other European countries [2, 3]
Summary
Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) – the most common cause of advanced liver disease in Europe. Elimination of alcohol dependence would significantly contribute to the reduction of preventable liver diseases worldwide. The highest level of alcohol consumption in the world, which is up to 2 times the global average, is in Europe. 15% of Europeans (25% of men and 10% of women) consume alcohol in excessive, health threatening doses (over 40 g/day for men; over 20 g/day for women) [4].
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