Does excess alcohol greatly increase the prevalence of cirrhosis in hereditary hemochromatosis?
Hemochromatosis subjects who drink more than 60 g alcohol per day are approximately 9 times more likely to develop cirrhosis than those who drink less than this amount, and the range of hepatic iron concentration associated with cirrhosis in the absence of cofactors was 233-675 micromol/g dry weight.
We recommend continued use of ESD in indicated patients. We found a positive relation between preoperative distress level of the patient and postoperative improvement in FLSs; any such relationship should be investigated with a larger sample.