How to treat alcoholic liver disease? Do four things well

If you want to treat alcoholic liver disease well. Patients must quit drinking and pay attention to adjusting their diet. If the condition is more serious, they can also take some appropriate medications under the guidance of a doctor to alleviate the condition.

1. Diet adjustment

The diet should be light and easy to digest, with appropriate supplementation of protein, fat and carbohydrates, but attention should be paid to controlling the intake of water and sodium. If the patient has edema, a low-salt diet should be followed. In addition, the patient must pay attention to rest.

2. Drug treatment

Patients with severe alcoholic liver disease cannot achieve the treatment goal through diet alone. They should also pay attention to supplementing vitamin C and B vitamins, and appropriately use selenium malt and schisandra tablets, which can effectively sober up and protect the liver. Usually, the treatment of alcoholic liver disease lasts for more than half a year, and this is done under the condition of complete abstinence from alcohol.

3. Quitting drinking is the main method , and its effectiveness is related to the severity of liver disease. For common alcoholic liver disease, it can significantly improve the clinical and pathological manifestations; for severe alcoholic liver disease, it may not be effective; for alcoholic fatty liver, quitting drinking is the only effective treatment.

4. The main principles of treatment for alcoholic liver disease are: ① Reduce the severity of alcoholic liver disease; ② Prevent or reverse liver fibrosis; ③ Improve existing secondary malnutrition; ④ Treat alcoholic cirrhosis.

The most important thing in the treatment of alcoholic liver disease is to absolutely abstain from alcohol. You should not drink alcohol during or after treatment. If the patient continues to drink alcohol after treatment, the disease will relapse.