Abstract

Alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) is one of the leading causes of chronic liver disease worldwide. It encompasses a variety of disorders that result from alcohol consumption, including simple steatosis, alcohol-related hepatic steatosis, alcoholic hepatitis, fibrosis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. In addition, some individuals with established disease and high alcohol intake may develop alcoholic hepatitis, a disease with a high mortality rate. There is no specific treatment for ALD. Its management is based on addressing the alcohol use disorder to achieve abstinence, which is the major prognostic factor along with the presence of fibrosis. Therefore, education, prevention, and early diagnosis strategies are essential for reducing the burden of ALD.

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