Scientists from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine have found that Brits are five-fold more likely to suffer from liver disease in the last 50 years. It is assumed that this is due to the British addiction to alcohol after work. In this respect reports TimesNewsUK.
Researchers used records from the medical records of 30,000 patients who were urgently hospitalized for symptoms of liver disease from 1970 to 2018. In 13 thousand of them, the disease was diagnosed for the first time. Approximately 17% of the total number of patients died in hospital, and 37% died within a year of emergency hospitalization. Of those discharged, 34 percent were readmitted to the hospital within a month. It turns out that a larger percentage of disease cases are associated with excessive alcohol consumption.
Scientists noted that until the early 70s, case rates were five times lower. Additionally, survival rates between 1970 and 2018 increased slightly compared to previous levels. The authors also emphasized that the study did not take into account the period from 2019 to 2021, when people were in self-isolation and drank alcohol more frequently.
Vanessa Hebditch, policy director at the British Liver Trust, a charity focused on raising awareness of liver health, said Britons were unaware of the risks.
“If a person drinks half a bottle of wine every night, which can easily be done by drinking one glass while cooking, another at dinner, and a third while watching TV, then they are drinking potentially dangerous amounts,” Hebditch added.
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