19 - Alcoholic Hepatitis

Question 1

Presentation of acute alcoholic hepatitis?

Answer 1

RUQ discomfort/pain
Jaundice
Ascites (abdo distension + shifting dullness)

Question 2

Acute alcoholic hepatitis shares common symptoms with other conditions involving liver damage, so what makes it the most likely diagnosis?

Answer 2

Heavy alcohol consumption (case had 30 units a day for 30 years so they will make it v clear)

Question 3

Cirrhosis common clinical symptoms/complications?

Answer 3

Jaundice = decompensated cirrhosis (likely from prolonged alcohol excess)

Ascites (abdominal distension + shifting dullness) = v common clinical complication of cirrhosis