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Video content is professionally consulted by Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thanh Liem - Director of Vinmec Institute of Stem Cell and Gene Technology
Cirrhosis can have many causes. In Vietnam, a common cause is alcoholic cirrhosis.
Usually over 8 years, especially 10 years, with a consumption of 40g of alcohol or 80g of alcohol, equivalent to a consumption of 6 cans of beer or 4-5 glasses of wine/day, 1-2 cups of wine strong/day. The stronger the alcohol content, the higher the risk of cirrhosis.
Manifestations of alcoholic cirrhosis are not much different from other cirrhosis, especially cirrhosis caused by hepatitis. At first, the patient will be tired, anorexia, gradually yellow eyes, jaundice, abdominal distention, gastrointestinal bleeding, liver coma ... When examining, the doctor is difficult to distinguish between alcoholic cirrhosis and cirrhosis of the liver. is different.
Can alcoholic cirrhosis be cured is a rather difficult question. The disease can be cured with the condition that it is detected early, the patient must give up alcohol, if not completely quit drinking, it cannot be cured.
Regarding the treatment methods for alcoholic cirrhosis, in addition to traditional methods such as taking liver tonics, adjusting the diet, at present, stem cell transplantation is an effective method when the disease is at an early stage. Stem cell transplantation can significantly improve alcoholic cirrhosis with the ability to restore the function of liver cells, stop the fibrosis process, and slow down the fibrosis process.
In case alcoholic cirrhosis is detected too late, the disease progresses to end-stage ascites cirrhosis, the only treatment method is liver transplantation.
Of all types of hepatitis, alcoholic hepatitis is the most effective stem cell transplant, because after transplantation, if the patient does not drink alcohol, the causative agent of the disease is eliminated, the possibility of disease progression development does not exist.
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