
Psychiatrist and narcologist Ruslan Isaev said that alcoholic fatty liver disease can begin after just a few weeks of daily alcohol consumption, but at an early stage it is reversible if you give up alcohol, otherwise it leads to hepatitis, fibrosis and cirrhosis, and also negatively affects the cardiovascular system, blood pressure, sleep and concentration.
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Alcoholic fatty liver disease (steatosis) is an early stage of alcohol-induced liver damage that can progress to hepatitis, fibrosis and cirrhosis with continued alcohol consumption.
Changes in the liver can begin after just a few weeks of daily alcohol consumption, warned psychiatrist and narcologist Ruslan Isaev. He spoke about the dangerous consequences of this habit in a conversation with Gazeta.Ru.
“If alcohol enters the body every day, fat gradually begins to accumulate in the liver cells. This is how alcoholic fatty liver disease, or steatosis, develops. This is the earliest manifestation of alcoholic liver damage,” the doctor explained. Isaev added that if a person drinks alcohol in large doses every day, it can begin in just a few weeks.
At the same time, the doctor noted that at an early stage this liver disease is reversible. If a person gives up alcohol, the organ will be able to recover, the narcologist emphasized.
However, if a person continues to drink alcohol daily, fatty liver disease progresses to alcoholic hepatitis, then to fibrosis, and then to cirrhosis of the liver. Isaev clarified that cirrhosis occurs after many years of daily alcohol consumption.
The doctor added that alcohol negatively affects not only the liver, but also the body as a whole. According to a narcologist, if a person drinks alcohol daily, he may experience problems with the cardiovascular system, increased blood pressure, as well as sleep disturbances and problems with concentration.

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