Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development

Kulbhushan Vishnoi ¹, I. Venkatraman ², M. Prabakaran ³

Affiliations
1 Final Year Resident, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Sree Balaji Medical College, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai - 73, IN
2 Professor, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Sree Balaji Medical College, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai - 73, IN
3 Professor, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Sree Balaji Medical College, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai - 73

Abstract

The most prevalent liver disease is alcoholic liver disease (ALD). It is undervalued and diagnosed. An early diagnosis is totally vital as it helps define patients at genetic danger for ALD; can cause effective abstinence, particularly in non-addicted patients; and start screening programs to avoid complications that threaten life. In the evaluation of liver fibrosis in alcoholic liver disease, acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) elastography has excellent usefulness. For several liver wounds, liver fibrosis is a prevalent condition. Our study was done on 50 patient suspected to have alcoholic liver disease for ultrasound scan of abdomen. The mean liver stiffness in normal patients was found to be 1.087 m/s. Mean ARFI velocity in ALD in our research, the biopsy was 1.83 m/s. ARFI imaging is a successful imaging method for evaluating the existence or lack of developed fibrosis in liver disease patients

Keywords

ARFI, ALD, Elastography, Fibrosis.

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Kulbhushan Vishnoi ¹

Affiliations
1 Final Year Resident, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Sree Balaji Medical College, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai - 73, IN

Abstract

More than 1 million fatalities are caused worldwide by liver cirrhosis and most of these fatalities are preventable. There is a noticeable geographical variation in mortality levels owing to cirrhosis, and this difference in the burden of liver disease illustrates the connections between the liver disease and mortality population hazards. The varying geographical allocation of significant risk variables for the growth of body illness, including alcohol intake, hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, hepatitis B virus infection, and obesity and metabolic syndrome, has the ability to highlight possibilities for action, while the evolution of these risk variables offers perspectives into understanding the future burden of liver disease. This study focuses on using population information to define regions and communities at high risk that would profit from preventive measures to decrease liver disease death. To demonstrate the effect these can have if commonly applied, specific policies that are efficient at policy and government health levels are addressed. Also outlined is the effect of therapies that can alter the natural history of liver disease, including immediate antivirals for HCV infection. Finally, the difficulties of explaining non-alcoholic fatty liver disease epidemiology are outlined to demonstrate the need to know the natural history of the disease in order to explain and influence the growth of novel therapies.

Keywords

Epidemiology, Hazards, Hepatitis.

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