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According to a recent study, patient suffering from alcohol-related liver disease could find effective cure from their medical condition through abstinence. Yes, you heard it right abstinence, based on the research conducted it was discovered that abstinence from alcohol is an integral factor in long-term prognosis, even with relatively severe alcohol-related cirrhosis of the liver.

Dr. Nick Sheron, the lead researcher of the study and senior lecturer at the University of Southampton and consultant herpetologist at Southampton General Hospital explained his team decided to conduct the research to discover the impact of pathological severity of cirrhosis on the survival in patients with alcohol-related cirrhosis. Sheron said with the use of up-to-date mortality data from the National Health Service Strategic Tracing Service they determine that drinking status was the most important factor in determining long-term survival in alcohol-related cirrhosis of the liver.He said the research team also discovered that the degree of cirrhosis on biopsy had less impact on survival.

Heavy drinkers suffering from alcohol-related liver disease should stop or abstain from their habit if they wish to find effective cure in their medical condition.
 

Furthermore, Sheron revealed they found out that abstinence from alcohol at one month after diagnosis of cirrhosis was the more important factor determining survival with a seven-year survival of 72 per cent for the abstinent patients against 44 per cent for the patients continuing to drink.

The medical expert hoped people around the world who are suffering from alcohol-related liver disease should now abstain from drinking if they wish to get cure of their life threatening medical condition.