ウイルス性肝炎後のアルコールの安全性

N Tözün¹, A Forbes, M G Anderson

¹Gastrointestinal Unit, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK.

Lancet (London, England)

|May 4, 1991

まとめ

急性ウイルス性肝炎後の適度なアルコール摂取は,回復に害を与えないようです. この研究では,回復期中の適度な飲酒者と禁酒者との間で,肝機能検査や患者の健康状態の有意な違いが見つかりませんでした.

科学分野:

肝臓病理学肝臓病理学
感染症感染症は感染症です.
胃腸内科胃腸内科

背景:

急性ウイルス性肝炎は肝炎の一般的な炎症です.
回復には,しばしば食事とライフスタイルに関する推奨事項が含まれます.
回復中のアルコールの消費は有害であるとの信念が存在する.

研究の目的:

急性ウイルス性肝炎からの回復に適度なアルコール摂取の影響を調査する.
回復期間のアルコールの摂取が有害であるという仮定に異議を唱えるため.

主な方法:

急性ウイルス性肝炎 (A,B,non-A,non-B) から回復した87人の成人をランダムに分けました.
一グループは適度なアルコール摂取量 (毎日26g) を摂取し,もう一グループはアルコール摂取を控えた.
排除基準は,慢性B型肝炎のキャリアの含有を防止することを目的としています.

主要な成果:

すべての患者は3ヶ月後に正常な肝機能検査で回復した.
アルコール摂取グループと禁酒グループでは有意な差異は認められなかった.
適度なアルコール摂取は,患者の結果に悪影響を及ぼさなかった.

結論:

急性ウイルス性肝炎からの回復期間中の適度なアルコール摂取は安全であるようです.
この発見は,回復期間のアルコールの悪影響に関する現在の信念が根拠のないものであることを示唆している.
長期的な影響や消費水準の違いについて,さらなる研究が進められる.

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