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Time varies with individuals due to diet and heredity, along with the amounts of alcohol drunk. Normally it takes years, but there are other liver problems, such as alcoholic hepatitis, that can develop much faster.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 12y agoThere is not a set amount you'd have to drink to get cirrhosis. People respond to alcohol differently, and other significant factors play a part, such as diet, build, genetics, how you drink (e.g little but often, or infrequently but vast amounts) etc... Hence it's not possible to generalise.
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∙ 13y agoIt is typically caused after many years (decades) of heavy, abusive drinking/
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∙ 10y agomore than 1 beers a day
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Can drinking mess up your spleen?
Essentially drinking can mess up a persons spleen. This is because excessive drinking can damage the liver which causes Cirrhosis. Cirrhosis can cause an enlarged spleen.
Can binge drinking canuse cirrhosis?
Binge drinking over a period of decades increases the risk of cirrhosis.
What causes cirrhosis?
The most common and well known causes of cirrhosis are alcoholic liver disease (which is caused by people drinking heavily for a prolonged period, usually at least a decade) and Hepatitis, both B and C. Other causes are diseases that affect the liver, such as Wilson's Disease. Cirrhosis is essentially scarring of the liver, so all of it's causes are things that affect the liver.
Can a person get cirrhosis of the liver after 10 years of not drinking?
Yes. Drinking doesn't automatically cause cirrhosis and stopping drinking does not automatically prevent you from getting cirrhosis; ten year's down the line, your cirrhosis may not be alcohol related (there are many other potential causes of cirrhosis). Or, there is the possibility that up to ten year's ago your liver was damaged (i.e fibroid, from drinking) but the function "declined" further at a slow rate until it became noticeable. Had you remained drinking, the decline would probably have been faster. Once your liver is fibroid (the stage before cirrhosis), it is very difficult for it to regenerate itself at a rate faster than it is degrading. Hence why, in ten year's, it might be catching up with you.
What is alcohol cirrhosis of the liver?
Alcohol cirrhosis of the liver is scarring caused by decades of very heavy drinking.
How could cirrhosis be prevented?
Cirrhosis can be prevented by not drinking alcohol and taking care of yourself. Hepatitis C should be avoided as well, due to it being linked with cirrhosis.
Can you get Cirrhosis without drinking alcohol?
Yes. Hepatitis can cause cirrhosis, as can other diseases; alcohol is a common cause, but not the only one.
What causes alcohol related blackouts?
Drinking to much
Disease of the liver?
Cirrhosis of the liver, of course this pertains only to alcohol disease.
How do you get cirrhosis of the liver is acquired?
Heavy drinking of alcohol is one sure way.
What is the liver disease casused by drinking heavily for many years?
Hepatic cirrhosis
What is a deadly disease that is usually cause by drinking alchol a lot?
Cirrhosis of the liver.
