Open AccessThyroid Hormone Levels in Chronic Alcoholic Liver Disease Patients Before and After Treatment
Author(s) -
Jaswanth Kumar Papineni,
Venkata Bharat Kumar Pinnelli,
Raghavendra Davanum
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/24552.10276
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid , hormone , endocrinology , alcoholic liver disease , thyroid stimulating hormone , triiodothyronine , gastroenterology , liver disease , cirrhosis
Alcoholic liver disease affects almost all aspects of the thyroid gland including the thyroid hormone levels and the thyroid gland size. The altered thyroid hormone levels in alcoholic liver disease may affect alcohol abstinence in withdrawal period by changing hormone milieu in brain, increasing withdrawal dysphoria and increasing craving.