Volume : X, Issue : VI, June - 2020

SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE AMONG CHRONIC ALCOHOLICS IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIA.

Dr. Parag Deshmukh

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Introduction: Alcohol is a causal factor in more than 200 disease and injury conditionsincluding chronic diseases such as alcohol dependence and liver cirrhosis to end stage liver disease in 10%cases and more commonly acute health problems. Objective:To study the socio–demographic profile and prevalence of alcohol related liver diseases amongst chronic alcoholics. Methodology: This study was conducted on 115 patients with history of chronic alcohol consumption , attending the opd/ipd in department of Medicine in a tertiary care centre in a region of south–central India for a span of 2 years (November 2008– November 2010). Data of 115 patients was obtained by complete history of alcohol intake including type, duration and amount of alcohol, thorough examination, blood parameters assessing presence of liver disease and abdominal USGwas put to excel sheet and appropriate statistical tests were applied using IBM SPSS version21. The questionnaire used, was predesigned and pretested semi structured, obtained by personal interview method. Results:The prevalence of alcohol related diseases in this study was found to be 36(31.3%) fatty liver, 17 (14.7%) alcoholic hepatitis,54(46.95%) alcoholic cirrhosis. Amongst the 115 patients, only one was a female. The mean age of the study subjects was 43.98 (SD ±10.93). Most predominant age group was 30–49 years (64.4%). Most of the patients 68(59.1%) consumed country made liquor, the duration of alcohol use was at least three years for all the patients, 72(62.61%) of them had consumed it for more than ten years and the mean amount of alcohol consumption was 130±17.42 gms/day. The type, duration and amount of liquor intake was found insignificant (at p < 0.05) with respect the alcohol related diseases. The history regarding diet, in terms of calories and protein, after alcohol consumption revealed that almost half of the patients (n=59, 51.3%) were taking inadequate diet. Conclusion:The liver diseases in chronic alcoholics commense with the intake of alcohol and are not related to the amount, duration and type of alcohol intake.

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SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE AMONG CHRONIC ALCOHOLICS IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIA., Dr. Parag Deshmukh INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-10 | Issue-6 | June-2020

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